New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons
This book discusses the latest theoretical advances in regional innovation research, presents empirical cases involving the development of regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores regional innovation policy approaches. Grounded in the extensive li
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Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons
New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons
Arne Isaksen • Roman Martin • Michaela Trippl Editors
New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons
Editors Arne Isaksen School of Business and Law University of Agder Grimstad, Norway
Roman Martin School of Business, Economics and Law University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
Michaela Trippl Department of Geography and Regional Research University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
ISBN 978-3-319-71660-2 ISBN 978-3-319-71661-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71661-9
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Foreword
It is an honour and privilege to write a few words in tribute to my long-time friend and colleague, Professor Bjørn Asheim. We have known one another since the mid-1990s, when his work on industrial districts and learning regions was attracting international attention. We began to interact frequently at international conferences focused on these topics, soon embarking on a long and fruitful working partnership that persisted until I became captive to senior administration and could no longer hold up my end of the bargain. Over these two decades, I had the pleasure (along with my co-editors Gordon Clark and Maryann Feldman) of commissioning and editing Bjørn’s classic chapter on industrial districts for the Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography (published in 2000). Fi
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