Cooperation, clusters, and knowledge transfer : universities and firms towards regional competitiveness /

Cooperation, clusters, and knowledge transfer : universities and firms towards regional competitiveness / edited by João J.M. Ferreira, Mário Raposo, Roel Rutten, Attila Varga. - xx, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Advances in spatial science, 1430-9602 .

Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.

Includes bibliographical references.

The start-up location decision and regional determinants / Frank Lasch [and others] -- The role of science and technology parks in the generation of firm level social capital through university-firm relations: an empirical study in Spain / Juan J. Jimenez-Moreno [and others] -- Knowledge transfer in or through clusters: outline of a situated approach / Julie Hermans -- How does a researcher become an entrepreneur in the high-tech industrial cluster? A case study / Rongzhi Liu, Haiyan Zhang, and Zhi Yang -- The impact of inter-firm cooperation on performance: a two-region experience / João J.M. Ferreira, Mário L. Raposo, Cristina I. Fernandes -- Transition regions: green innovation and economic development / Philip Cooke -- Clusters, learning, and regional development: theory and cases / Roel Rutten and Dessy Irawati -- Sociocultural factors and female entrepreeurship in the innovative service sector in Catalonia: a qualitative analysis / Maria Noguera [and others] -- Academic entrepreneurship framework: the best practices of Bragança Polytechnic Institute / José Adriano [and others] -- Academic interactions with private, public and not-for-profit organisations: the known unknowns / Maria Abreu and Vadim Grinevich -- The role of academic spin-off founder's motivation in the Hungarian biotechnology sector / Katalin Erdős and Attila Varga -- Hirschman mobility, governance and loyalty in Europe's top research universities / Edward M. Bergman -- Action-based education in academic entrepreneurship: a new role of the student? / Lene Foss, Elin M. Oftedal, and Tatiana Iakovleva.

Cooperation and clusters have become the guiding paradigms for explaining and promoting regional competitiveness, but the cooperation process between firms and universities and the transfer of knowledge in guiding and nurturing regional competitiveness has received relatively little attention. This book strives to fill this gap in highlighting the connection between inter-firm cooperation in regional clusters, innovation and regional networks, and the role of universities in them . It goes beyond the traditional economic approach of clusters and includes 'soft factors' in the explanation of regional competitiveness, and connects the literature on clusters to the literature of learning and knowledge creation as sources of regional competitiveness. It aims to foster an international and interdisciplinary exchange of perspectives by presenting current developments, case studies, best practices as well as new integrated theoretical approaches and applications.

9783642331930 (hbk.) 9783642331947

2013933386


Technology transfer--Economic aspects.

MLCM 2019/41233 (H)

338.6048 FER / 023469