Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

- J. Bröcker, D. Dohse, R. Soltwedel, Introduction

Part I: Geography and Innovation: D.B. Audretsch, Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places
- P. Cooke, Regional Innovation and Learning Systems,Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains
- R. Cappellin, Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters
- M. Fritsch, How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?

Part II: The Anatomy of Clusters: M.J. Enright, Regional Clusters
- C. van der Linde, The Demography of Clusters
- J. Guinet, Drivers of Economic Growth

Part III: Identifying Agglomeration Economies: R. Baptista, Productivity and the Density of Regional Clusters
- J. Möller, A. Haas, The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered
- A. Ciccone, F. Cingano, Skills and Clusters

Part IV:The Role of Institutions: P. Formica, Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies
- T.D. Rutherford, Unions, Innovation and Scale
- M.R.E. Brons, H.L.F. de Groot, P. Nijkamp, Big Government in a Small World
- R. Eichenberger, Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations

Part V: Cluster-based Innovation Policies: P.C. Cheshire, Territorial Competition
- R. Sternberg, New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach
- D. Dohse, Taking Regions Seriously.

From the reviews:"This book represents an outgrowth from a 2001 international workshop on 'innovation clusters and interregional competition' ... . students of cluster-based economic development will find plenty of interesting material in this book. ... I rarely buy books these days, especially edited collections. However, I would probably make an exception for this piece. There is a good mix of theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and analytic perspectives ... . In short, this is one of the better edited collections I have seen in many years." (Alan MacPherson, Growth & Change, Vol. 35 (2), 2004)