TY  - BOOK
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ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer: Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness 
T2  - Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
SN  - 9783642331947
AV  - HT388 
U1  - 338.9 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Economics
KW  - Geography
KW  - Regional economics
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - Regional/Spatial Science
KW  - Economic Geography
KW  - Administration, Organization and Leadership
N1  - Forward -- Introduction -- Part I: Inter-Firm Cooperation and (Regional) Clusters -- Part II: Entrepreneurial Activities, Innovation and Regional Networks -- Part III: Knowledge Transfers Between University and Industry; ZDB-2-SBE
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33194-7
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