Innovation and the Growth of Cities

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003 M01 1 - 264 páginas

Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at regional level and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow and others decline. 


 

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Technology and entrepreneurship
1
Knowledge innovation and firm size
24
Local geographic spillovers
44
Sectoral characteristics
63
Innovation of entrepreneurial firms
74
Capital structure innovation and firm size
98
Employment growth in metropolitan areas
115
Employment wages and RD spillovers
135
Epilogue towards a new model of regional economic development?
192
The innovation database
196
Innovations RD lab employment and university research by state
203
Innovations RD lab employment and university research by MSA
205
Innovation private RD lab employment and university research by MSA and industry sector
209
Industry Groupings
214
List of Variables
215
References
217

Heterogeneity versus specialization
154
Regional innovation systems
167

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Zoltán J. Ács, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science and University Professor, School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

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