Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Economic Growth in a Knowledge-Based Economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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3. Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Knowledge-Based World Economy: Introduction

   1. Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Knowledge-Based World Economy: Introduction

      • Peter Nijkamp, Iulia Siedschlag, Donal Smith

      Pages 1-11

4. Economic Growth in a Knowledge-Based Economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Defining Knowledge-Driven Economic Dynamism in the World Economy: A Methodological Perspective

      • Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, George Petrakos

      Pages 15-39

   3. Explaining Knowledge-Based Economic Growth in the World Economy

      • Panagiotis Artelaris, Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, George Petrakos

      Pages 41-59

   4. Critical Success Factors for a Knowledge-Based Economy: An Empirical Study into Background Factors of Economic Dynamism

      • Patricia van Hemert, Peter Nijkamp

      Pages 61-89

   5. Knowledge Spillover Agents and Regional Development

      • Michaela Trippl, Gunther Maier

      Pages 91-111

   6. Star Scientists as Drivers of the Development of Regions

      • Michaela Trippl, Gunther Maier

      Pages 113-134

   7. The Determinants of Regional Educational Inequality in Western Europe

      • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Vassilis Tselios

      Pages 135-163

   8. Innovation and Firms’ Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Method

      • Jože P. Damijan, Črt Kostevc, Matija Rojec

      Pages 165-193

   9. Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities

      • Luca Corazzini, Matteo Grazzi, Marcella Nicolini

      Pages 195-217

5. Globalisation, Competitiveness and Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. A Knowledge: Learning-Based Perspective on Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise

      • Christos N. Pitelis

      Pages 221-234

   3. Determinants of MNE Subsidiaries Decision to Set up Own R&D Laboratories: The Choice of Region

      • Constantina Kottaridi, Marina Papanastassiou, Christos Pitelis

      Pages 235-257

   4. Multinational Enterprise and Subsidiaries’ Absorptive Capacity and Global Knowledge Sourcing

      • Constantina Kottaridi, Marina Papanastassiou, Christos N. Pitelis, Dimitrios D. Thomakos

      Pages 259-277

6. The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279

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   2. The Competitive Advantage and Catching-Up of Nations: A New Framework and the Role of FDI, Clusters and Public Policy

      • Christos N. Pitelis

      Pages 281-303

   3. The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation and Growth: Theory and Empirical Evidence

      • Marc Schiffbauer

      Pages 305-341

   4. European Competition and Industrial Policy: An Assessment and a New Framework

      • Ioanna Glykou, Christos N. Pitelis

      Pages 343-380

This book investigates dynamic regions in the context of greater global interaction in a world economy increasingly driven by knowledge and innovation. It offers novel empirical evidence on the underlying factors of the growth performance of these spaces. In particular, the following questions are addressed: What role is there for research, education and innovation in the development strategies of the dynamic growth regions? What are the risks and consequences of dynamic growth on patterns of world growth and development, competitiveness, inequalities, and convergence? What development strategies should be promoted at national and international levels to promote a growing and more sustainable world economy? What are the implications of the emerging new competitors for Europe’s competitiveness? Using an innovative, integrated framework of analysis, the contributions in this book combine a wide array of complex theoretical and methodological approaches.

• International competitiveness
• International economic integration
• Knowledge-based economic growth
• Public policy
• R&D and innovation

• VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Peter Nijkamp

• (ESRI), Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

  Iulia Siedschlag

Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and in Economic Geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover quantitative plan evaluati¬on, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathe¬matical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In the past years he has focussed his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructu¬re manage¬ment and environmental protection. In all these fields he has publis¬hed many books and numerous articles. He is member of editorial/advisory boards of more than 30 journals. He has been visiting professor in many universities all over the world. According to the RePec list he belongs to the top-30 of well-known economists world-wide. He is past president of the European Regional Science Association and of the Regional Science Association International. He is also fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and past vice-president of this organization. From 2002 – 2009 he has served as president of the governing board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO). In addition, he is past president of the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs). He is also fellow of the Academia Europaea, and member of many international scientific organizations. He has acted regularly as advisor to (inter)national bodies and (local and national) governments. In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.

 Iulia Siedschlag is Associate Research Professor and Head of the Centre for International Economics and Competitiveness at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin. Her key areas of expertise include internationaland European economic integration; international trade and investment; economic growth in open economies, open economies macroeconomics; new technology diffusion, innovation and productivity; applied econometrics. Her research has been published in leading international journals and books. She has received several research awards from private and public organisations. She has been appointed as an international expert to the European Commission, European Central Bank, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, and the World Economic Forum. She has been awarded a significant number of research grants and projects involving European research organisations and universities.

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