Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer Universities and Firms
Cooperation and clusters have become the guiding paradigms for explaining and promoting regional competitiveness, but the cooperation process between firms and universities and the transfer of knowledge in guiding and nurturing regional competitiveness ha
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Joa˜o J.M. Ferreira • Ma´rio Raposo Roel Rutten • Attila Varga Editors
Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness
Editors Joa˜o J.M. Ferreira Ma´rio Raposo University of Beira Interior Management and Economics Department and NECE ‐ Research Unit Covilha˜ Portugal
Roel Rutten Tilburg School of Social and Behavioural Sciences Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands
Attila Varga Department of Economics and Regional Studies Faculty of Business and Economics University of Pe´cs Pe´cs Hungary
ISSN 1430-9602 ISBN 978-3-642-33193-0 ISBN 978-3-642-33194-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33194-7 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013933386 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, 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. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Is capitalism in crisis? Since the major financial crisis of 2007–2009 a number of people have wondered whether capitalism has outlived its usefulness and reached a fundamental dead end. What are the alternatives to a world dominated by large global corporations, many with greedy and manipulative senior managers who reward themselves with salaries, bonuses and payoffs
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