The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy

1 Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development.- I: Theoretical Background. Concepts and Measurement.- 2 Milieux Innovateurs and Collective Learning. From Concepts to Measurement.- 3 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the SME Sector.- 4 Networked Alliances and Innovation.- 5 The Innovation Decision and Fixed Costs.- 6 The Knowledge Base, Innovation and Urban Economic Growth.- 7 Constructing an Index for Regional Competitiveness.- II: Knowledge Spillovers and University Research.- 8 Geographic Spillovers of University Research: on Patent Activities of the High Technology Sectors in Austria.- 9 High Technology Employment and Knowledge Spillovers.- 10 Universities as Agents in Regional Innovation Systems. Evaluating Patterns of Knowledge-Intensive Collaboration in Austria.- III: The ICT Sector and Regional Development.- 11 ICT and Knowledge Challenges for Entrepreneurs in Regional Economic Development.- 12 Newcomers and Innovation in the U.S. Telephone Industry. Then and Now.- 13 The Spatial Industrial Dynamics of the ICT Sector in Sweden.- 14 The Multimedia Industry: Networks and Regional Development in a Globalised Economy.- IV: Regional Case Studies.- 15 Small Key Tech-Knowledge Firms in Canada: Their Innovation Potential, Structure, and Spatial Adaptation.- 16 The Location of Technological Innovations within the Japanese Semiconductor Industry.- 17 Innovative Performance in the Capital Region of Norway.- 18 Innovation and Firm Location in the Spanish Medical Instruments Industry.

Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and in Economic Geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover quantitative plan evaluation, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathematical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In the past years he has focussed his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these fields he has published many books and numerous articles.
In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.

From the reviews:



"A primary stated aim of the collection is to pull together new insights from growth theory, economic geography, and innovation theory to bear on the common question of the role of innovative knowledge creation and diffusion on differential regional growth. ... a useful and thought provoking collection ... . it is a worthy compendium adding more fuel to the quest for economic growth theories that withstand empirical testing." (Susan M. Walcott, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 44 (2), 2004)