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Handbook on the geographies of innovation / edited by Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux, David Doloreux.

Contributor(s): Shearmur, Richard [editor.] | Carrincazeaux, Christophe [editor.] | Doloreux, David [editor.].
Publisher: Massachusetts Edward Elgar 2016Description: xix, 482 pages : illustrations.ISBN: 9781788972413; 9781784710767.Subject(s): Technological innovations | Economic development | Economic development | Technological innovations | Cluster | Technische Innovation | WirtschaftsgeografieDDC classification: 338.064 Summary: "The geography of innovation is changing. First, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each being differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Second, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. In this Handbook we gather 28 chapters by scholars with widely differing views on what constitutes the geography of innovation. The aim of the Handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. This does not entail the rejection of well-established and supported ideas, but instead allows for a series of new ideas and authors to enter the arena and provoke debate."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The geography of innovation is changing. First, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each being differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Second, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. In this Handbook we gather 28 chapters by scholars with widely differing views on what constitutes the geography of innovation. The aim of the Handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. This does not entail the rejection of well-established and supported ideas, but instead allows for a series of new ideas and authors to enter the arena and provoke debate."--Publisher's website.

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