Innovation and the growth of cities /

Ács, Zoltán J.

Innovation and the growth of cities / Zoltan J. Acs. - xiv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.

Technology and entrepreneurship -- Knowledge, innovation and firm size -- Local geographic spillovers -- Sectoral characteristics -- Innovation of entrepreneurial firms -- Capital structure, innovation and firm size -- Employment growth in metropolitan areas -- Employment, wages and R&D spillovers -- Heterogeneity versus specialization -- Regional innovation systems -- Epilogue: towards a 'new model of regional economic development'? -- The innovation database -- Innovations, R&D lab employment and university research by state -- Innovation, R&D lab employment and university research by MSA -- Innovation, private R&D lab employment and university research by MSA and industry sector -- Industry groupings -- List of variables. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F.

"This book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at the regional level, and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow but others decline. While the analysis draws on industrial organization, labor economics, regional science, geography and entrepreneurship, the book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory." "The author argues that industrial innovation is the driving force behind long-run regional growth, and explores the issues of how technology and entrepreneurship can foster and promote growth at the regional level." "With its multidisciplinary approach, Innovation and the Growth of Cities will be welcomed by academics and researchers alike in the areas of innovation and science, regional science and geography, entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics."--BOOK JACKET.

1840649364 9781840649369

2002018836


Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Industrial management.
Urban economics
Economic development.

HC79.T4 / A26 2002

307.1416

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