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Author:   Xavier Tinguely
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781349474394

ISBN 10:   1349474398
Pages:   305
Publication Date:   19 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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THE ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION 1. Preamble to the Study of Innovation 2. Innovation and Economic Performance 3. The Measurement of Innovation THE NATURE OF THE INNOVATION PROCESS AND THE NEW GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION 4. The Cognitive Nature of the Innovation Process 5. The Clustering of Innovative Activity 6. The Geography of Innovation in a Globalized Economy THE DISTRIBUTION OF INVENTIVE ACTIVITY – EVIDENCE FROM PATENT DATA IN SWITZERLAND AND FOCUS ON THE BASEL PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER 7. Geographical Distribution of Inventive Activities and Inventive Performance in Switzerland 8. Sectoral Distribution of Inventive Activities and Specialization Patterns – Towards an Identification of Switzerland's Main Inventive Clusters 9. Clusters and the New Geography of Invention – An Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical Patents demanded in the Basel Employment Basin

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Xavier Tinguely holds a PhD in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His work was rewarded by the 2012 grant of the Foundation for the 25th anniversary of the Swiss Bank Corporation. In 2012 Tinguely was appointed Visiting Research Scholar at the Fox School of Business of Temple University in Philadelphia, USA, and received a fellowship for promising young Swiss scientist by the Swiss National Science Foundation. During his time as researcher at the Centre for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Tinguely contributed to several publications in the field of international business and private mandates on regional competitiveness.

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