Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions?

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Origins, Structure and Contents, James Simmie; Part 2 Core Metropolitan Regions; Chapter 2 The Origins and Characteristics of Innovation in Highly Innovative Areas, James Simmie; Chapter 3 The Financial and Entreprenuerial Characteristics of Innovative Small Firms in Contrasting Regional Environments of the UK, Pooran Wynarczyk, Alfred Thwaites, Peter Wynarczyk; Chapter 4 Technopolitan Spaces in the Greater Paris Region and the International Restructuring of Firms, Jeanine Cohen; Chapter 5 What Comprises a Regional Innovation System?, Heidi Wiig, Michelle Wood; Part 3 Peripheral Regions; Chapter 6 Competitiveness and the Global Region, Robert Huggins; Chapter 7 The Emerging Shape and Form of Innovation Networks and Institutions, Andy Pratt; Chapter 8 The Japanese Technopolis Strategy, Sang-Chul Park; Chapter 9 New Industrial Spaces and National Technology Policies, Rolf Sternberg; Part 4 Technology Transfer; Chapter 10 After Technopoles, NicKomninos; Chapter 11 Local Economic Development Strategies and Information and Communication Technologies, Keith Tanner, David Gibbs; Chapter 12 National Laboratories and Regional Development, Helen Lawton Smith; Part 5 Conclusions; Chapter 13 Summary and Conclusions, James Simmie;