Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union
This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the knowled
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Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union
Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics Geography and Environment Houghton Street WC2A 2AE London, United Kingdom [email protected]
Andre´s Rodrı´guez-Pose London School of Economics Geography and Environment Houghton Street WC2A 2AE London, United Kingdom [email protected] IMDEA Social Sciences MADRID, Spain
Advances in Spatial Science ISSN 1430-9602 ISBN 978-3-642-17760-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-17761-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17761-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011930832 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to Roberta Capello, Fabrizio De Filippis, Guido Fabiani, Carlo Pietrobelli, Rikard Stankiewicz and Michael Storper who have greatly contributed to shaping many of the arguments included in this book. Riccardo Crescenzi is grateful for the support received from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (Scientific Research Programs of National Relevance 2007 on European Union policies, economic and trade integration processes and WTO negotiations). He is also grateful to the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute and to the Department of Economics, University of Roma Tre for support during the writing of this book. Andre´s Rodrı´guez-Pose is grateful for the support of the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/20072013)/ERC grant agreement nº 269868, of a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship and of the Prociudad-CM programme. Both authors are also members at the LSE Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC). Some of the chapters are partially based on previously published material by the authors in different scholarly journals. The articles from which material has been included are: Crescenzi R. (2005) “Innovation and regional growth in the enlarged Europe: the role
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