Innovation and Regional Development: Strategies, Instruments and Policy Coordination. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Innovation and Regional Development held in Berlin, December 1-2, 1988

by Hans-Jürgen Ewers (Editor), Jürgen Allesch (Editor)

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ISBN-13:	9783110122619
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/01/1990
Edition description:	Reprint 2019
Pages:	355
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Preface — Contents — Welcoming Address — Introduction — 1. Regional Development: A Practical Point of View — 1.1 Innovation and Regional Development in the EEC — 1.2 The Role of the Commission of the European Communities in Regional Development Policies in Europe — 1.3 A Businessman's Perspective of Regional Policy — 2. Regional Disparities in Europe — 2.1 Structural and Regional Differences in Economic Development in the Countries of the European Community — 2.2 Regional Disparities in Europe: Interpretation and Political Consequences — 3. Regional Development Potentials and Strategies for Strengthening Regional Innovation Capacities — 3.1 Regional Development Potentials and Innovation Capacities — 3.2 Industrial Innovation and Spatial Systems: The Impact of Producer Services — 3.3 Promoting And Inhibiting Factors In The Regional Environmental System — 3.4 Industrial Innovation and the Spatial Division of Labour — 3.5 Endogenous Development between Myth and Reality: Pre-Requisites for Endogenous Development Strategies — 4. Instruments of Innovation Oriented Regional Policies — 4.1 Financial Instruments for the Promotion of Regional Development — 4.2 Financial Transfers versus Real Transfers: Competing Strategies for Regional Economic Development — 4.3 Information and Consulting as Instruments of Regional Development Policy: The Role of Public Agencies — 4.4 Improvement of Regional Qualification Structures as a Task of Regional Economic Policy — 4.5 Universityies and Local Economic Development — 5. Indigenous Strategies and their Application in Regions with Differing Growth Dynamics — 5.1 Advanced Technology Policies and Strategies in Developing Regions — 5.2 Indigenous Development Strategies in Peripheral Regions: The Example of Ireland — 5.3 Problems of an Industrial Region in Decline: The Case of Birmingham — 5.4 Innovation-Oriented Policy in Regions with High Growth Dynamics: Three Winners in the Process of Structural Change - A Comparison of Baden-Württemberg, Massachusetts and Emilia Romagna — 5.5 Endogenous Development Strategies in Agglomerations — 6. Perspectives of Regional Development — 6.1 Perspectives of Innovation-Oriented Regional Development Strategies — 6.2 Regional Economic Development and Innovation-Oriented Measures: Summary and Perspectives — Contributors