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Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer

Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness

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Editors:
  1. João J.M. Ferreira

    1. , Management and Economics, University of Beira interior, Covilhã, Portugal

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  2. Mário Raposo

    1. , Management and Economics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

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  3. Roel Rutten

    1. , School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

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  4. Attila Varga

    1. , Economics and Regional Studies, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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  • Covers an understudied topic - the role of universities in regional development - in the field of regional innovation studies
  • Brings together cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research
  • Highly relevant as reference for researchers and students in both economics and management science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Inter-Firm Cooperation and (Regional) Clusters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Start-Up Location Decision and Regional Determinants

      • Frank Lasch, Frank Robert, Frédéric Le Roy, Roy Thurik
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Role of Science and Technology Parks in the Generation of Firm Level Social Capital Through University–Firm Relations: An Empirical Study in Spain

      • Juan J. Jimenez-Moreno, Ricardo Martínez-Cañas, Pablo Ruiz-Palomino, Francisco J. Sáez-Martínez
      Pages 19-34

    4. Knowledge Transfer in or Through Clusters: Outline of a Situated Approach

      • Julie Hermans
      Pages 35-58

    5. How Does a Researcher Become an Entrepreneur in the High-Tech Industrial Cluster? A Case Study

      • Rongzhi Liu, Haiyan Zhang, Zhi Yang
      Pages 59-80

    6. The Impact of Inter-firm Cooperation on Performance: A Two-Region Experience

      • João J. M. Ferreira, Mário L. Raposo, Cristina I. Fernandes
      Pages 81-102

  3. Entrepreneurial Activities, Innovation and Regional Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Transition Regions: Green Innovation and Economic Development

      • Philip Cooke
      Pages 105-125

    3. Clusters, Learning, and Regional Development: Theory and Cases

      • Roel Rutten, Dessy Irawati
      Pages 127-140

    4. Sociocultural Factors and Female Entrepreneurship in the Innovative Service Sector in Catalonia: A Qualitative Analysis

      • Maria Noguera, Claudia Alvarez, Domingo Ribeiro, David Urbano
      Pages 141-162

    5. Academic Entrepreneurship Framework: The Best Practices of Bragança Polytechnic Institute

      • José Adriano, Paula Fernandes, Humberto Sampaio, Joana Lopes
      Pages 163-177

  4. Knowledge Transfers Between University and Industry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Academic Interactions with Private, Public and Not-for-Profit Organisations: The Known Unknowns

      • Maria Abreu, Vadim Grinevich
      Pages 181-206

    3. The Role of Academic Spin-Off Founders’ Motivation in the Hungarian Biotechnology Sector

      • Katalin Erdős, Attila Varga
      Pages 207-224

    4. Hirschman Mobility, Governance and Loyalty in Europe’s Top Research Universities

      • Edward M. Bergman
      Pages 225-248

    5. Action-Based Education in Academic Entrepreneurship: A New Role of the Student?

      • Lene Foss, Elin M. Oftedal, Tatiana Iakovleva
      Pages 249-263
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About this book

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 has received relatively little attention. This book strives to fill this gap in highlighting the connection between inter-firm cooperation in regional clusters, innovation and regional networks, and the role of universities in them . It goes beyond the traditional economic approach of clusters and includes ‘soft factors’ in the explanation of regional competitiveness, and connects the literature on clusters to the literature of learning and knowledge creation as sources of regional competitiveness. It aims to foster an international and interdisciplinary exchange of perspectives by presenting current developments, case studies, best practices as well as new integrated theoretical approaches and applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Management and Economics, University of Beira interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    João J.M. Ferreira

  • , Management and Economics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Mário Raposo

  • , School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

    Roel Rutten

  • , Economics and Regional Studies, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

    Attila Varga

About the editors

João J. Ferreira (PhD in Management) is associate professor in the Department of Management and Economics of the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) and is a research member of NECE – Research Centre in Business Sciences. He received his PhD in 2004 and was appointed associate professor in 2012. His research interests include: strategy, competitiveness and entrepreneurship. He is Editor and Reviewer Board of some International Journals and he is author of some books and he has published extensively in a variety of leading journals.

Mário L. Raposo (PhD in Management) is Full Professor in the Department of Management and Economics at the University of Beira Interior – Portugal. He is the scientific coordinator of NECE - Research Centre in Business Sciences. In the present belongs to the group of evaluators of management courses in Portugal.  His research interests include: marketing, entrepreneurship, innovation, competitiveness and education. He has author or co-author of various books and papers published in several international journals and act as Reviewer Board of some International Journals.

Roel Rutten is assistant professor in the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Tilburg University, the Netherlands and visiting fellow in the Newcastle University Business School, United Kingdom. His research focuses on networks and innovation, organizational learning and knowledge creation and on the spatial dimension of innovation. Some of his recent publications address to role of socio-cultural diversity with regard to innovation. Rutten has published extensively in leading journals in his field and has co-authored various book and book chapters for prestigious international publishers.

Attila Varga is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, Hungary. He holds a Ph.D. from West Virginia University, USA. His research interest includes: regionalgrowth, regional economic development policy, regional innovation systems, the economics of technological change and policy impact modelling. Professor Varga has published over sixty scholarly articles and book chapters in English and Hungarian. His papers appeared (among others) in the Journal of Regional Science, the Journal of Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Regional Studies and Research Policy. He authored and edited five international books and he is also a referee for several major international journals of regional economics and technological change. He is editor of Regional Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer

  • Book Subtitle: Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness

  • Editors: João J.M. Ferreira, Mário Raposo, Roel Rutten, Attila Varga

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33194-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-33193-0Published: 11 April 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44023-6Published: 12 April 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-33194-7Published: 26 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 263

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Administration, Organization and Leadership

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