Knowledge Flows, Technological Change and Regional Growth in the European Union

Ma¿gorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn

ISBN 10: 3319003410 / ISBN 13: 9783319003412

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book provides conceptual and empirical insights into the complex relationship between knowledge flows and regional growth in the EU. The author critically scrutinizes and enhances the RIS (Regional Innovation System) approach, discussing innovation as a technological, institutional and evolutionary process. Moreover, she advances the ongoing discourse on the role of space and technological proximity in the process of innovation and technological externalities. The book closes with an investigation of the role of technological change and knowledge spillovers in the dynamic growth and 'catching-up' of EU regions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge Flows, Technological Change and Regional Growth in the European Union
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319003410
• ISBN 13: 9783319003412
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 19D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 559 grams

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Synopsis

The book provides conceptual and empirical insights into the complex relationship between knowledge flows and regional growth in the EU. The author critically scrutinizes and enhances the RIS (Regional Innovation System) approach, discussing innovation as a technological, institutional and evolutionary process. Moreover, she advances the ongoing discourse on the role of space and technological proximity in the process of innovation and technological externalities. The book closes with an investigation of the role of technological change and knowledge spillovers in the dynamic growth and “catching-up” of EU regions. ​

About the Author

Dr. Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn is an Assistant Professor in Kozminski University in Warsaw; a researcher  in the Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research Center (TIGER) and a postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the Center for European Studies of Harvard University and the Institute of Urban and Regional Development of the Berkeley University of California (2008 and 2009). She is an author of numerous scientific publications and an expert in EU funded research projects related to knowledge economy, information society and international competitiveness.