Overview

The critical message of this book is that in the current context of global change, local and national territories have to upgrade their resilience in terms of improving both their competitiveness and capability to innovate. Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in dynamically open territorial communities and context-specific though continuously upgrading policy platforms are all means to face new challenges and to promote increased absorptive capacity within local and national territories. The contributors illustrate that these capabilities are much needed in the current globalized economy as a path towards sustainability and for creating new opportunities for their inhabitants. They analyze the challenges and development prospects of local/regional production systems internally, across territories, and in terms of their potential and territorial connectivity which can help exploit opportunities for proactive policy actions. This is increasingly relevant in the current climate, in which the balanced allocation of resources and opportunities, particularly for SMEs, cannot be expected to be the automatic result of the working of the market. Exploring conceptual and methodological aspects, and documenting original accounts of innovative territories, this book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers within the fields of economics, industrial organization, and technology and innovation. Contributors: A. Amighini, C. Aragon, M.J. Aranguren, H. Bakhshi, P. Bianchi, A. Bravo-Biosca, F. Comptour, P. Cooke, J.R. Cuadrado-Roura, J.L. Curbelo, L. De Propris, M. Delgado, A. Eriksson, S. Franco Rodriguez, J.J. Gibaja Martins, P. Gratzke, C. Iturrioz, J. Karlsen, C. Ketels, S. Labory, M. Landabaso, M. Larrea, L. Lazzeretti, B. MacAulay, A. Murciego Alonso, M. Navarro Arancegui, M.D. Parrilli, M. Perlo Cohen, R. Rabellotti, A. Rodriguez-Pose, M. Sanfilippo, A. Saxenian, A. Vazquez Barquero, S. Westlake, J.R. Wilson, F. Zhang

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Author:   Philip Cooke ,  Mario Davide Parrilli ,  José Luis Curbelo
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9780857935748

ISBN 10:   0857935747
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   31 August 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface Introduction Mario Davide Parrilli, José Luis Curbelo and Philip Cooke PART I: CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENT: INNOVATION, INSTITUTIONS AND CHANGE 1. The New Argonauts, Global Search and Local Institution Building AnnaLee Saxenian 2. Resilience, Innovative ‘White Spaces’ and Cluster Platforms as a Response to Globalisation Shocks Philip Cooke and Arne Eriksson 3. The Innovation Index: Measuring the UK’s Investment in Innovation and its Effects Stian Westlake, Brian MacAulay, Peter Gratzke, Albert Bravo-Biosca and Hasan Bakhshi 4. Territorial Benchmarking Methodology: The Need to Identify Reference Regions Mikel Navarro Arancegui, Juan José Gibaja Martíns, Susana Franco Rodríguez and Asier Murciego Alonso PART II: TERRITORIES: INNOVATIVE AND EVOLVING 5. Innovative Regions: Strategic Spaces for Development Antonio Vázquez Barquero 6. New Policy Approaches to Develop Innovative Territories: Developing Trust and Behavioral Additionality in Gipuzkoa Mirren Larrea, Maria José Aranguren and James Karlsen 7. New Focus of Economic Reactivation in Spain: Creative Industries in the Basque Country Luciana Lazzeretti and Mario Davide Parrilli 8. Assessing Country Competitiveness: The Case of Spain Mercedes Delgado and Christian Ketels PART III: INNOVATION AND VALUE CHAINS 9. Outward FDI from Developing Country MNEs as a Channel for Technological Catch-up Alessia Amighini, Roberta Rabellotti and Marco Sanfilippo 10. Heterogeneous Social Capitals: A New Window of Opportunity for Local Economies Mario Davide Parrilli 11. China: Beyond the Global Production Line Philip Cooke and Fangzhu Zhang 12. Are Clusters the Solution? Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Fabrice Comptour PART IV: TERRITORIAL POLICIES: EMERGING FROM THE CRISIS 13. Conceptualisations, Relationships and Trends between Innovation, Competitiveness and Development: Industrial Policy Beyond the Crisis Patrizio Bianchi and Sandrine Labory 14. Regional Policy: What (it seems) we have Learned from Some European Experiences Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura 15. Cities in Times of Economic Crisis: A Challenge for Local Governments Manuel Perló Cohen 16. What Public Policies Can and Cannot do for Regional Development Mikel Landabaso 17. A Participatory Methodology for Evaluating the Cluster Policy of the Basque Country Cristina Aragón, Maria José Aranguren, Cristina Iturrioz and James R. Wilson 18. For a Resilient, Sustainable and Creative European Economy, in What Ways is the EU Important? Philip Cooke and Lisa De Propris Bibliography Index

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`Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience is indeed a timely contribution addressing the challenges that the global economy poses for local, regional and national economies. In the current situation, resilience is instrumental and innovation is the key mechanism to get there. In this volume, an impressive line-up of international authorities in the field - from across Europe and beyond - present highly valuable insights, models and hypotheses on innovation dynamics and activities in current day economics, as well as policy analysis and advice.' -- Anders Malmberg, Uppsala University, Sweden

'Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience is indeed a timely contribution addressing the challenges that the global economy poses for local, regional and national economies. In the current situation, resilience is instrumental and innovation is the key mechanism to get there. In this volume, an impressive line-up of international authorities in the field - from across Europe and beyond - present highly valuable insights, models and hypotheses on innovation dynamics and activities in current day economics, as well as policy analysis and advice.' - Anders Malmberg, Uppsala University, Sweden

'Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience is indeed a timely contribution addressing the challenges that the global economy poses for local, regional and national economies. In the current situation, resilience is instrumental and innovation is the key mechanism to get there. In this volume, an impressive line-up of international authorities in the field - from across Europe and beyond - present highly valuable insights, models and hypotheses on innovation dynamics and activities in current day economics, as well as policy analysis and advice.' -- Anders Malmberg, Uppsala University, Sweden

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Edited by Philip Cooke, formerly University Research Professor in Regional Development and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, Mario Davide Parrilli, Professor of Regional Economic Development, Bournemouth University, UK and José Luis Curbelo, Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos, Spain

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