TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ács,Zoltán J.
TI  - Innovation and the growth of cities
SN  - 1840649364
AV  - HC79.T4 A26 2002
U1  - 307.1416 
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - E. Elgar
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Urban economics
KW  - Economic development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index; 1; Technology and entrepreneurship --; 2; Knowledge, innovation and firm size --; 3; Local geographic spillovers --; 4; Sectoral characteristics --; 5; Innovation of entrepreneurial firms --; 6; Capital structure, innovation and firm size --; 7; Employment growth in metropolitan areas --; 8; Employment, wages and R&D spillovers --; 9; Heterogeneity versus specialization --; 10; Regional innovation systems --; 11; Epilogue: towards a 'new model of regional economic development'? --; App. A; The innovation database --; App. B; Innovations, R&D lab employment and university research by state --; App. C; Innovation, R&D lab employment and university research by MSA --; App. D; Innovation, private R&D lab employment and university research by MSA and industry sector --; App. E; Industry groupings --; App. F; List of variables
N2  - "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
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