Global clusters of innovation : entrepreneurial engines of economic growth around the world
Entrepreneurship and innovation are the drivers of value creation in the twenty-first century. These clusters of innovation have key attributes distinct from traditional industrial clusters that allow them to extend beyond geographic boundaries and serve as models for economic expansion in both developed and developing countries.
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Contents: ForewordIntroduction1. What are Clusters of Innovation, How do they Operate and Why are they Important?Jerone S. EngelPART I NORTH AMERICA 2. USA: Silicon Valley, The ArchetypeJerone S. Engel and Florian ForsterPART II EUROPE3. Germany: High Tech Region Munich Generating the Next Wave of Scalable StartupsHelmut Schönenberger4. Belgium: Building a Digital Cluster of Innovation in the Heart of EuropeWim De Waele and Sven H. De Cleyn5. Spain: Creating Ecologies of Innovation in Cities—The Case of 22@BarcelonaMontserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Josep M. Pique6. United Kingdom: London’s Tech Startup BoomItxaso Del Palacio and Dave ChapmanPART III MIDDLE EAST7. Israel: The Technology Industry as an Economic Growth Engine Creating a Nationwide Cluster of Innovation Orna Berry and Daniel WasserteilPART IV ASIA8. Japan: The University as a Driver for Innovation in Japan in Response to Two Decades of Economic Depression Shigeo Kagami9. Taiwan: Linkage-based Clusters of Innovation–The Case of Taiwan’s IT industryChao-Tung Wen and Jun-Ming Chen10. China: Emergence of an Entrepreneurial Economy in an Uncertain Environment Virginia Trigo and Qin LangPART V LATIN AMERICA11. Colombia and Mexico: Innovation and Entrepreneurship as a New Paradigm for Regional Development in Latin AmericaCarlos Scheel12. Brazil: Good Governance in the Tropics–The Rise of the Porto Digital Cluster of InnovationFlavio FefermanPART IV GLOBAL ENTITIES DIFFUSING INNOVATION13. Intel Corporation: The Role of a Global Enterprise in Supporting Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovation ClustersManav Subodh14. NCIIA: Students as the Vanguard in a Geographically Dispersed Approach to Stimulating Science and Technology InnovationPhil Weilerstein15. Clusters of Innovation: Final ThoughtsJerome S. EngelIndex
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