This Handbook brings together a group of leading scholars, thinkers, policy makers, and business leaders to identify, articulate, and analyze what influences and shapes local competitiveness and what places can do to enhance their economic performance.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1. Introduction
- David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link and Mary Lindenstein Walshok
- PART I: THE CONCEPT OF LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS
- 2. The Strategic Management of Place
- David B. Audretsch
- 3. Talent , Cities, and Competitiveness
- Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander
- 4. Enabling Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Philip E. Auerswald
- 5. Construction of the Cluster Commons
- Orjan Solvell
- 6. Alfred Marshall, Alive and Well? The Rise and Evolution of Innovative Manufacturing Clusters in a Globalizing Economy
- Dan Breznitz and Guilio Buciuni
- 7. Something New: Where Do New Industries Come From?
- Maryann P. Feldman and Sam M. Tavassoli
- PART II: CRITICAL DRIVERS OF LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS
- 8. Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship
- Martin Andersson and Magnus Henrekson
- 9. The National Resource Curse in the Arab Gult: Rapid Change and Local Culture
- Thomas Andersson
- 10. The Role of Universities for Local and Regional Competitiveness
- Erik E. Lehmann
- 11. The Grand Challenge Model of RandD
- Christopher S. Hayter
- 12. Commercialization or Engagement: Which Is of More Significance for Regional Economies?
- Martin Kenney
- 13. Philanthropy, Competition, and Local Competitiveness: A Schumpeterian Conundrum
- Zoltan J. Acs
- 14. Local Policies for High-Growth Firms
- Erik Stam and Niels Bosma
- 15. Innovation Brokers
- Doug Henton and Jessie Oettinger
- 16. Swimming Upstream: Why Regional Economic Development Depends on National Economic Competitiveness
- Robert D. Atkinson
- PART III: COMPETITIVENESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
- 17. Competitive Advantages from University Research Parks
- Albert N. Link
- 18. The Co-Creation of Locally Useful Knowledge by Business Schools
- Simon Mosey, Paul Kirkham, and Martin Binks
- 19. Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: The Relevance of Shaping Inter-temporal Local Intangible Conditions
- José L. Gonzalez-Perní a, Maribel Guerrero, and Iñ aki Peñ a-Legazuke
- 20. In Search of New Competitive Advantage: Japan's Local Firms in Sustainable Business
- Hideki Yamawaki, Hiro Motoki, and Kayo Hirai
- 21. Assessing State-level Science and Technology Policies: North Carolina's Experience with SBIR State Matching Grants
- John Hardin, Lauren Lanahan, and Lukas C. Brun
- 22. Clusters, Communities, and Competitiveness - An Emerging Model from America's Midwest
- David Lawther Johnson
- 23. Lessons on Microenterprise Development from a University-Based Microlending Development Program
- Paul Miesing, Brad Watts, Donald S. Siegel, and Katharine Briar-Lawson
- 24. A Region in Transition: Bottom up Economic Transformation in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland
- Mary Lindenstein Walshok and Steve Orr
- 25. The 2008 Economic Crisis and its Impact on Universities' Competitiveness
- Shiri M. Breznitz and Paige A. Clayton
- 26. Smart Specialization and European Regional Development Policy
- Dominique Foray, Philip McCann, and Raquel Ortega-Argilé s
