ISBN: 3540419675
TITLE: Metropolitan Innovation Systems
AUTHOR: Fischer et al.
TOC:

Preface ii
1 Systems of Innovation: An Attractive Conceptual Framework for Comparative Innovation Research 1
1.1 Innovation as an Interactive Process 2
1.2 Knowledge Creation and Diffusion 5
1.3 The Innovation Systems Approach 8
1.4 Regional Rather Than National Innovation Systems? 12
1.5 Why Metropolitan Innovation Systems? 16
1.6 Survey Methodology and Design of the Questionnaires 17
1.7 A Brief Guide to This Volume 21
2 The Vienna Metropolitan System of Innovation 23
2.1 The Metropolitan Region 24
2.2 Some Features of the Austrian National Innovation System 25
2.3 The Institutional Set-Up 29
2.4 The Manufacturing Sector 32
2.5 The Producer Services Sector 41
2.6 The Science & Research Sector 49
2.7 Concluding Remarks 59
3 The Barcelona Metropolitan System of Innovation 63
3.1 Barcelona - the Dynamic Capital of Catalonia 64
3.2 Political and Institutional Framework 69
3.3 The Manufacturing Sector 74
3.4 The Producer Services Sector 86
3.5 The Science & Research Sector 98
3.6 The Barcelonese Way of Networking 107
3.7 Concluding Remarks 110
4 The Stockholm Metropolitan System of Innovation 113
4.1 Metropolitan Region With a Service Specialisation 115
4.2 Some Features of the Swedish National Innovation System 117
4.3 The Institutional Set-Up 121
4.4 The Manufacturing Sector 122
4.5 The Producer Services Sector 136
4.6 The Science & Research Sector 147
4.7 Concluding Remarks 158
5 Conclusions and Policy Implications 165
5.1 Metropolitan Differences and Similarities 166
5.2 What Does the Study Tell Us? 168
5.3 Policy Implications 172
Appendix: A The Vienna Metropolitan Innovation System 179
Appendix: B The Barcelona Metropolitan Innovation System 201
Appendix: C The Stockholm Metropolitan Innovation System 223
References 245
List of Figures 255
List of Tables 257
Subject Index 263
Author Index 271
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