Innovation, Regional Development and the Life Sciences: Beyond Clusters

ISBN-13: 9780367870898 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Kean Birch

Opis

The life sciences is an industrial sector that covers the development of biological products and the use of biological processes in the production of goods, services and energy. This sector is frequently presented as a major opportunity for policy-makers to upgrade and renew regional economies, leading to social and economic development through

Spis treści

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction: Knowledge economies everywhere!

Chapter 2: Innovation, clusters and knowledge-based commodity chains

Chapter 3: Innovation geographies in the UK life sciences

Chapter 4: Innovation governance in the Scottish life sciences

Chapter 5: Innovation imaginaries in the European life sciences

Chapter 6: Innovation financing in the global life sciences

Chapter 7: Conclusion: Innovation and regional development for whom?

O autorze

Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada.