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Springer Innovation Networks And Knowledge Spillovers Selected Essays by Manfred M. Fischer
This volume covers the topic of innovation in three sections, first demonstrating that processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, second examining the increasing importance of knowledge creation and diffusion, and third raising key issues related to the systems of innovation approach as a conceptual framwork for regional innovation analysis. Includes enlightening conceptual and empirical work on the issue of how knowledge spills over locally._x000D_ _x000D_Technological change and the nature of the firm.- Innovation and Technological Change.- Innovation and Technological Change: An Austrian-British Comparison.- Technology, Organisation and Export-driven Research and Development in Austrias Electronics Industry.- Information Processing, Technological Progress, and Retail Market Dynamics.- Innovation and Network Activities.- The New Economy and Networking.- The Innovation Process and Network Activities of Manufacturing Firms.- Knowledge Interactions between Universities and Industry in Austria: Sectoral Patterns and Determinants.- Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Spillovers.- Innovation, Knowledge Creation and Systems of Innovation.- The Role of Space in the Creation of Knowledge in Austria: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.- Spatial Knowledge Spillovers and University Research: Evidence from Austria.- Patents, Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers in Europe._x000D_