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1. Social Networks, Innovation and the Knowledge Economy

   Edited by Isabel Salavisa, Margarida Fontes

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   In this book, the authors illustrate how social networks can play a very significant role in the technological catch up process in moderate innovative countries. Using an innovative approach to the study of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive sectors, the book analyses the role of...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Multinational Corporations and European Regional Systems of Innovation

   By John Cantwell, Simona Iammarino

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   In globalising economies, particularly those going through a process of economic integration such as those economies within the EU, regions forge an increasing number of linkages with other locations within and across national borders. This is largely carried out by the technological efforts of...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Economic Geography and the Unequal Development of Regions

   By Jean-Claude Prager, Jacques-François Thisse

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Behind the mystery of economic growth stands another mystery: why do some places fare better than others? Casual evidence shows that sizable differences exist at very different spatial scales (countries, regions and cities). This book aims to discuss the main economic reasons for the existence of...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge

   By Francesco Quatraro

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book provides an elaboration upon the concept of knowledge from an economic viewpoint. However this is not a book on economics of knowledge, at least not in the conventional sense. Most of the existing books on the matter have focused on the treatment of knowledge in terms of properties of...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. Evolution of Competition Laws and their Enforcement

   A Political Economy Perspective

   By Pradeep Mehta

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This edited volume identifies the various country specific factors that warrant changes in the design and implementation of competition laws. The book covers case studies of nine countries of differing sizes and at varying stages of economic development, that have at one stage or another repealed...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy

   Edited by Andy C. Pratt, Paul Jeffcutt

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This collection brings together international experts from different continents to examine creativity and innovation in the cultural economy. In doing so, the collection provides a unique contemporary resource for researchers and advanced students. As a whole, the collection addresses creativity...

   Published September 30th 2011 by Routledge
7. Coopetition Strategy

   Theory, experiments and cases

   Edited by Giovanni B. Dagnino, Elena Rocco

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This innovative book portrays the state-of-the-art of coopetition strategy regarded as a compelling mindset to exploit entirely the potential of actors’ interdependencies (firms, governments, suppliers, customers, scientists and partners) in today’s global scenarios. It provides the rudiments for...

   Published September 30th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Communications Industries in the Era of Convergence

   By Catherine E.A. Mulligan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to create platforms around which different companies interact. Through identifying the key aspects of this evolution over the past decades, the author is able...

   Published September 28th 2011 by Routledge
9. Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

   Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger Stough

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as more and more economies have entered the road to economic development. Typical for the developments during this time has been substantially increased investments in research and...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Innovation and Economic Crisis

    Lessons and Prospects from the Economic Downturn

    By Daniele Archibugi, Andrea Filippetti

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    The recent financial and economic crisis has spurred a lot of interest among scholars and public audience. Strangely enough, the impact of the crisis on innovation has been largely underestimated. This books can be regarded as a complementary reading for those interested in the effect of the crisis...

    Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge