Contents:
Part 1. Introduction 1. Evolution of Regional Innovation Systems - Emergence, Theory, Challenge for Action. Part 2. Informal and Market-Driven Coordination: Grassroots Between Local and Global Reach 2. The Remarkable Resilience of the Industrial Districts of Tuscany 3. South-East Brabant: A Regional Innovation System in Transition 4. The Catalan Regional System of Innovation: Governing Fast Changes 5. The Regional Innovation System in Ontario 6. From Silicon Valley to Hollywood: Growth and Development of the Multimedia Industry in California. Part 3. Network-Like Governances: Driving Forces, Modes of Cohesion, and Means of Regional Polity 7. The Regionalization of the Finnish Innovation System: Pirkanmaa as a Case in Point 8. Learning in the Village Economy of Denmark: The Role of Institutions and Policy in Sustaining Competitiveness 9. The Production and Innovation Regime of Baden-Württemberg: Between Past Successes and New Challenges 10. Global Clustering and Regional Innovation: Systemic Integration in Wales 11. Industrial Clusters and the Governance of Change: Lessons from North-Rhine Westfalia (NRW). Part 4. The Leviathan Approach: Steering Innovation and Growth in Interregional Contexts by the State 12. Regional Innovation Systems in Japan: The Case of Tohoku 13. Do Regions Make a Difference? The Case of Science and Technology Policies in Québec 14. Regional Innovation Systems and Global Markets: The Midi-Pyrénées Benchmark 15. Innovative Milieu and Cooperative Networks: State Initiatives and Partnership for Restructuring in Singapore. Part 5. Conclusion -- Perspectives
Governance Structures -- Persistency of Collective Orders and the Challenge of Local Learning in a Globalized World. Index.

Contents:
Part 1. Introduction 1. Evolution of Regional Innovation Systems - Emergence, Theory, Challenge for Action. Part 2. Informal and Market-Driven Coordination: Grassroots Between Local and Global Reach 2. The Remarkable Resilience of the Industrial Districts of Tuscany 3. South-East Brabant: A Regional Innovation System in Transition 4. The Catalan Regional System of Innovation: Governing Fast Changes 5. The Regional Innovation System in Ontario 6. From Silicon Valley to Hollywood: Growth and Development of the Multimedia Industry in California. Part 3. Network-Like Governances: Driving Forces, Modes of Cohesion, and Means of Regional Polity 7. The Regionalization of the Finnish Innovation System: Pirkanmaa as a Case in Point 8. Learning in the Village Economy of Denmark: The Role of Institutions and Policy in Sustaining Competitiveness 9. The Production and Innovation Regime of Baden-Württemberg: Between Past Successes and New Challenges 10. Global Clustering and Regional Innovation: Systemic Integration in Wales 11. Industrial Clusters and the Governance of Change: Lessons from North-Rhine Westfalia (NRW). Part 4. The Leviathan Approach: Steering Innovation and Growth in Interregional Contexts by the State 12. Regional Innovation Systems in Japan: The Case of Tohoku 13. Do Regions Make a Difference? The Case of Science and Technology Policies in Québec 14. Regional Innovation Systems and Global Markets: The Midi-Pyrénées Benchmark 15. Innovative Milieu and Cooperative Networks: State Initiatives and Partnership for Restructuring in Singapore. Part 5. Conclusion -- Perspectives
Governance Structures -- Persistency of Collective Orders and the Challenge of Local Learning in a Globalized World. Index.

Since the explosion of multimedia, the creation and promotion of multimedia clusters has become a target for regional development strategies across the globe. This work offers the first inter-regional comparison of the multimedia industry.
Analysing thirteen American, European and Asian regions, leading academics examine factors which drive the emergence of multimedia clusters and processes by which they are formed,

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