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Sustainable innovation and regional development : rethinking innovative milieus / edited by Leïla Kebir (Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP), Lab'Urba, University Paris-Est, France), Olivier Crevoisier (Institute of Sociology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland), Pedro Costa (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Department of Political Economy and DINAMIA'CET-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal), Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau (EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chambéry - Le Bourget du Lac, France).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New horizons in regional scienceCopyright date: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Description: xx, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784712204 (hbk.)
  • 1784712205
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.927 SUS 23 010978
Contents:
Foreword: Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development: Rethinking Innovative MilieusLeila Kebir, Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa Introduction: Sustainability, Innovative Milieus And Territorial Development.Leila Kebir, Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro CostaPART I SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, GLOBAL ANCHORING OF TERRITORIAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND COMPETITIVENESS1. The Territories of `Sustainable' Innovation: From Local Milieus to `Responsible' Communication: The Case of Photovoltaics and Sustainable Finance in Western SwitzerlandChristian Livi, Pedro Araujo and Olivier Crevoisier2. Innovation in the Sustainable Renovation Sector in Ile-De-FranceLeila Kebir3. Border-Crossing Sustainable Innovation Processes - German Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Green ConstructionSimone Strambach and Frederik Lindner4. Living PlanIT and the Development of the `PlanIT Urban Operating System tm': The Geographies of an Innovation Luis Carvalho, Ines Placido Santos and Mario Vale5. The Sustainable Water Campus in Leeuwarden: Towards an Anchoring Milieu or a `Hollow Term'?Miranda Ebbekink and Arnoud LagendijkPART II SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT6. Bairro Alto Revisited: Sustainable Innovations, Reputation Building and Urban DevelopmentPedro Costa7. Innovative Rurban Networks in RomeMarcello De Rosa and Ferro Trabalzi8. Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Projects in Alpine ResortsVeronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Sarah Rutter and Jeannie BelicardPART III SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS9. The Great Basque Transformation Towards Sustainable InnovationsJaime Del Castillo, Jonatan Paton and Belen Barroeta10. Atlantic Nautical Network: An Inter-Regional Organizational System to Promote Innovation in Support of Sustainable DevelopmentBernard Guesnier11. From Regional Production System to Regional Innovation System - Evolutional Changes of Suwa Industrial Region in JapanMitsuru Sato and Yoshiyuki OkamotoConclusion: Relaunching GREMI: A Scientific TrajectoryRoberto CamagniIndex
Summary: This book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. Drawing on 12 case studies aimed at fostering sustainable development and conducted by an experienced team of international scholars, a new conceptual approach to sustainable innovation is proposed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development: Rethinking Innovative MilieusLeila Kebir, Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa Introduction: Sustainability, Innovative Milieus And Territorial Development.Leila Kebir, Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro CostaPART I SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, GLOBAL ANCHORING OF TERRITORIAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND COMPETITIVENESS1. The Territories of `Sustainable' Innovation: From Local Milieus to `Responsible' Communication: The Case of Photovoltaics and Sustainable Finance in Western SwitzerlandChristian Livi, Pedro Araujo and Olivier Crevoisier2. Innovation in the Sustainable Renovation Sector in Ile-De-FranceLeila Kebir3. Border-Crossing Sustainable Innovation Processes - German Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Green ConstructionSimone Strambach and Frederik Lindner4. Living PlanIT and the Development of the `PlanIT Urban Operating System tm': The Geographies of an Innovation Luis Carvalho, Ines Placido Santos and Mario Vale5. The Sustainable Water Campus in Leeuwarden: Towards an Anchoring Milieu or a `Hollow Term'?Miranda Ebbekink and Arnoud LagendijkPART II SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT6. Bairro Alto Revisited: Sustainable Innovations, Reputation Building and Urban DevelopmentPedro Costa7. Innovative Rurban Networks in RomeMarcello De Rosa and Ferro Trabalzi8. Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Projects in Alpine ResortsVeronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Sarah Rutter and Jeannie BelicardPART III SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS9. The Great Basque Transformation Towards Sustainable InnovationsJaime Del Castillo, Jonatan Paton and Belen Barroeta10. Atlantic Nautical Network: An Inter-Regional Organizational System to Promote Innovation in Support of Sustainable DevelopmentBernard Guesnier11. From Regional Production System to Regional Innovation System - Evolutional Changes of Suwa Industrial Region in JapanMitsuru Sato and Yoshiyuki OkamotoConclusion: Relaunching GREMI: A Scientific TrajectoryRoberto CamagniIndex

This book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. Drawing on 12 case studies aimed at fostering sustainable development and conducted by an experienced team of international scholars, a new conceptual approach to sustainable innovation is proposed.

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