Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at regional level and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow and others decline. The book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of...
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Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at regional level and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow and others decline. The book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory
Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. Technology and entrepreneurship; 2. Knowledge, innovation and firm size; 3. Local geographic spillovers; 4. Sectoral characteristics; 5. Innovation of entrepreneurial firms; 6. Capital structure, innovation and firm size; 7. Employment growth in metropolitan areas; 8. Employment, wages and R&D spillovers; 9. Heterogeneity versus specialization; 10. Regional innovation systems; 11. Epilogue: towards a 'new model of regional economic development'?; Appendix A: The innovation database
Appendix B: Innovations, R&D lab employment and university research by stateAppendix C: Inovations, R&D lab employment and university research by MSA; Appendix D: Innovation, private R&D lab employment and university research by MSA and industry sector; Appendix E: Industry Groupings; Appendix F: List of Variables; References; Index
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