The Regional Economics of Knowledge and Talent

Local Advantage in a Global Context

Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger R. Stough (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2012
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84844-328-0 (ISBN)

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This original and instructive new book defines and explores the concept of knowledge as the talent, skills, know-how and understanding embodied in individuals. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy:• Why does human capital and talent tend to agglomerate in large urban regions?

This original and instructive new book defines and explores the concept of knowledge as the talent, skills, know-how and understanding embodied in individuals. The distinguished contributors advance the current research frontier in three novel directions which focus on: the role of human capital and talent for creativity, entrepreneurship and regional development; the role of institutions for the behavior of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behavior of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy:

Why does human capital and talent tend to agglomerate in large urban regions?

How does this agglomeration affect the location of different types of economic activities?

How does this agglomeration affect regional growth?

Presenting the state of the art in the field of knowledge economics, this book will prove a stimulating and challenging read for scholars and researchers with an interest in economics, business and management, and regional and urban studies.

Contributors: M. Andersson, C. Autant-Bernard, P. Billand, G.A.S. Cook, U. Grasjo, J.J. Gutierrez, T. Hatori, B. Johansson, S. Johansson, C. Karlsson, K. Kobayashi, H. Loof, N. Massard, K. Matsushima, P. Nijkamp, D. Nilsson, K. Nystrom, M. Olsson, N.R. Pandit, M. Sahin, R.J. Stimson, R.R. Stough, A. Todiras

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

Contents:

Preface

1. Introduction – Human Capital and Agglomeration
Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough

PART I: HUMAN CAPITAL AND TALENT
2. Knowledge, Creativity and Regional Development
Charlie Karlsson and Börje Johansson

3. Innovation and Space – from Externalities to Networks
Corinne Autant-Bernard, Pascal Billand and Nadine Massard

4. The Development Potential of Urban Migrant Entrepreneurship – New Opportunity Seekers in the Netherlands
Mediha Sahin, Alina Todiras and Peter Nijkamp

5. Innovation in Low- and Medium-Technology Manufacturing – The Role of Networks and Non-R&D Inputs
Juan Julio Gutierrez

6. Endogenous Factors in Regional Performance: A Review of Research in Australia
Robert J. Stimson

7. Free versus Monitored Job Search in Sweden
Michael Olsson

PART II: INSTITUTIONS
8. Regional Institutional Environment and New Firm Formation
Kristina Nyström

9. Knowledge, Political Innovation and Referendum
Tsuyoshi Hatori and Kiyoshi Kobayashi

10. Economic Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Discounting Fee Systems
Kakuya Matsushima and Kiyoshi Kobayashi

PART III: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
11. Clustering and the Location of Multinational Enterprises: An Exploration of Financial Services in London
Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit

12. Globalization and Distribution of Exports
Börje Johansson and Désirée Nilsson

13. Firm Performance and International Trade – Evidence from a Small Open Economy
Martin Andersson, Sara Johansson and Hans Lööf

14. Imports, R&D and Local Patent Production
Urban Gråsjö

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.8.2012
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Regional Science series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-84844-328-5 / 1848443285
ISBN-13	978-1-84844-328-0 / 9781848443280
Zustand	Neuware