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Universities, Cities and Regions - Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation (Paperback)
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Universities, Cities and Regions - Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
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Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created,
and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product.
Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic
conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops
the ability to transform information and inventions into innovation
and productivity increases, through cooperative or market
interaction. Especially in contexts characterised by a plurality of
agents - such as cities or industrial districts - knowledge is the
result of cooperative learning processes, nourished by spatial
proximity, network relations, interaction, creativity and
recombination capability. This book explains the logic behind these
interactions and cooperative attitudes in regions and cities. One
of the most significant channels comes from the presence of a
university and its collaboration with firms and scientific research
centres. These mutual relations between academic institutions and
enterprises are of key importance. The significance of universities
in driving economic well being and regional development has been
well documented for some time now. Much of the research, however,
has centred upon countries in Western Europe and the United States.
Increasingly, and since the expansion of the European Union in 2004
in particular, themes of academic entrepreneurship,
university-business links, knowledge and innovation have become
important on a Europe-wide scale. This book draws together key
thinkers from across the continent to analyze the importance of
higher educational institutions in fostering development.
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