New Directions in Regional Economic Development

By Charlie Karlsson

Book Overview

Innovation, Dynamic Regions and Regional Dynamics.- The Pure Theory of Spatial Markets.- Smith-Ricardo 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.- Identifying Hidden Order in Traffic Flows Using Approximate Entropy.- Regional Input-Output 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.- Urban-Rural 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 London's Sustainability as an International Financial Centre.- The Genesis and Evolution of the Stockholm Music Cluster.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642269133
• ISBN13: 9783642269134
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"