Local and Regional Systems of Innovation

Abstract

List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part A: In Search of Conceptual Framework. 1. Local and Regional Systems of Innovation as Learning Socio-Economies J. de la Mothe, G. Paquet. Part B: Conceptual Perspectives. 2. Calibrating the Learning Region R. Florida. 3. Regional Systems of Innovation and the Blurred Firm A. Saxenian. 4. Modeling Regional Innovation and Competitiveness T. Padmore, H. Gibson. Part C: International and Inter-Regional Perspectives. 5. Knowledge-Based Industrial Clustering: International Comparisons R. Voyer. 6. Contrasting U.S. Metropolitan Systems of Innovation Z.J. Acs, et al. 7. Contrasting Regional Innovation Systems in Oxford and Cambridge H.L. Smith, et al. 8. Telecoms in New Jersey: Spatial Determinants of Sectoral Investments C. Wymbs. Part D: Perspectives on Canada's Local and Regional Systems of Innovation. 9. Innovation in Enterprises in British Columbia J.A.D. Holbrook, L.P. Hughes. 10. How Do Small Firms Innovate in British Columbia? H.G. Schuetze. 11. The Dynamics of Regional Innovation in Ontario M.S. Gertler, et al. 12. Canada's Technology Triangle J. Roy. 13. The Chaudiere-Apalaches System of Industrial Innovations R. Landry, N. Amara. 14. Saint John, NB, as an Emerging Local System of Innovation R. Nimijean. 15. Canadian Science Parks, Universities, and Regional Development J. Doutriaux. PartE: Quo Vadis? 16. Some Lessons and Challenges for Model Builders, Data Gatherers and Other Tribes J. de la Mothe, G. Paquet. Index.