Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/cfCyCy0 Innovation Networks and Learning Regions? By: James Simme Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781138410886, 1138410888 eText ISBN: 9781134996209, 1134996209 Edition: 1st Pages: 256 Copyright year: 1997 Format: EPUB Available from $ 31.58 USD SKU 9781134996209R90 Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions? address key issues of understanding in contemporary economic geography and local economic policy making in cities and regions in the advanced economies. Developing the idea that innovation is the primary driving force behind economic change and growth, the international range of contributors stress the importance of knowledge and information as the 'raw materials' of innovation. They examine the ways in which these elements may be acquired and linked through networks, and demonstrate that there are empirical examples of innovative areas which do not have highly developed networks yet appear to be relatively successful in terms of local economic growth. In so doing, they raise crucial questions about the ways in which regions or localities might be described as truly 'learning' areas, and about the sustainability of future economic and quality of life success based on innovation and high-technology. Additional ISBNs 9780117023604, 0117023604
