New Directions in Regional Economic Development [Paperback]

Innovation, Dynamic Regions and Regional Dynamics.- The Pure Theory of Spatial Markets.- SmithRicardo Specialization in the Presence of Tiring Effects.- Dynamics of Innovation Fields with Endogenous Heterogeneity of People.- Economics of Creativity.- Simple Memes and Complex Cultural Dynamics.- The Fashioning of Dynamic Competitive Advantage of Entrepreneurial Cities: Role of Social and Political Entrepreneurship.- The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective.- Hidden Order in Traffic Flows Using Approximate Entropy: An Illustration.- Regional InputOutput with Endogenous Internal and External Network Flows.- Regional Unemployment and Welfare Effects of the EU Transport Policies: Recent Results from an Applied General Equilibrium Model.- Infrastructure Productivity with a Long Persistent Effect.- Science Parks and Local Knowledge Creation: A Conceptual Approach and an Empirical Analysis in Two Italian Realities.- The Low Participation of Urban Migrant Entrepreneurs: Reasons and Perceptions of Weak Institutional Embeddedness.- The Location of Industry R&D and the Location of University R&D: How Are They Related?.- Growing Urban GDP or Attracting People? Different Causes, Different Consequences.- UrbanRural Development in Sweden.- Patents, Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers in Europe.- Co-authorship Networks in Development of Solar Cell Technology: International and Regional Knowledge Interaction.- Off-shoring of Work and Londons Sustainability as an International Financial Centre.- The Genesis and Evolution of the Stockholm Music Cluster.

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This book provides an evaluation of new directions in regional economic development, particularly the role of entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of economic growth and development on the sub-national regional level. & volume contains many useful contributions embracing a variety of theories and practice in innovation and regionallã=