The critical message of this book is that in the current context of
global change, local and national territories have to upgrade their
resilience in terms of improving both their competitiveness and
capability to innovate. Localized creativity, small high-tech
entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital
embedded in dynamically open territorial communities and
context-specific though continuously upgrading policy platforms are
all means to face new challenges and to promote increased
absorptive capacity within local and national territories. The
contributors illustrate that these capabilities are much needed in
the current globalized economy as a path towards sustainability and
for creating new opportunities for their inhabitants. They analyze
the challenges and development prospects of local/regional
production systems internally, across territories, and in terms of
their potential and territorial connectivity which can help exploit
opportunities for proactive policy actions. This is increasingly
relevant in the current climate, in which the balanced allocation
of resources and opportunities, particularly for SMEs, cannot be
expected to be the automatic result of the working of the market.
Exploring conceptual and methodological aspects, and documenting
original accounts of innovative territories, this book will be of
great interest to academics, students and researchers within the
fields of economics, industrial organization, and technology and
innovation. Contributors: A. Amighini, C. Aragon, M.J. Aranguren,
H. Bakhshi, P. Bianchi, A. Bravo-Biosca, F. Comptour, P. Cooke,
J.R. Cuadrado-Roura, J.L. Curbelo, L. De Propris, M. Delgado, A.
Eriksson, S. Franco Rodriguez, J.J. Gibaja Martins, P. Gratzke, C.
Iturrioz, J. Karlsen, C. Ketels, S. Labory, M. Landabaso, M.
Larrea, L. Lazzeretti, B. MacAulay, A. Murciego Alonso, M. Navarro
Arancegui, M.D. Parrilli, M. Perlo Cohen, R. Rabellotti, A.
Rodriguez-Pose, M. Sanfilippo, A. Saxenian, A. Vazquez Barquero, S.
Westlake, J.R. Wilson, F. Zhang
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