| Description |
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, digital, PDF file |
| Series |
OECD reviews of regional innovation |
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OECD reviews of regional innovation.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Assessment and Recommendations II -- Introduction 11 -- National policies to support innovation in regions 17 -- R egional strategies 22 -- Annex O.A 39 -- Regional Innovation in OECD Countries: Key Issues and Framework 41 -- Innovation and its regional dimension 41 -- Regional innovation in a global economy 44 -- Firm-level innovation processes 45 -- Targeting the regional innovation system 47 -- The content of regional innovation policies 50 -- How is region-level policy action justified? 50 -- W hat types of innovation are targeted? 51 -- W ho are the innovators? 52 -- Governance of multi-level innovation policy - who does what? 55 -- Co-ordinating across different policy areas at the national level 55 -- Distributing roles across levels of government 57 -- Chapter I: North of England and Innovation 61 -- Introduction 61 -- W hat is the North of England? 61 -- Political and economic position in the UK 61 -- Economic geography within the North of England 63 -- The North's industrial tradition 65 -- Growth and productivity: How different is the North? 73 -- Innovation performance of the North 83 -- W hat are the relevant indicators? 83 -- Innovation performance of the Northern regions 85 -- Conclusion: areas of strength and opportunity 104 -- Chapter 2: The National Approach to Innovation in English Regions 119 -- Introdu ction 119 -- Productivity growth and regional innovation policy 119 -- National concern with productivity 119 -- The link between national productivity and regions 121 -- Regional Development Agency funding and regional policy 124 -- The influence of national funding for R&D on regions 126 -- Regional innovation as part of a new approach to regional policy 131 -- Strengthening regional institutions 134 -- Finding a more active role for local authorities 138 -- Cross-agency co-ordination 139 -- Regions in national innovation policy 141 -- A new innovation policy for the UK 141 -- Bringing a spatial dimension to innovation policy 144 -- Horizontal and vertical co-ordination 147 -- Building co-ordination around regional assets 151 -- Conclusion 155 -- A nnex 2 .A 1 157 -- Chapter 3: Sub-national Efforts to Support Innovation in the North 161 -- Introduction 161 -- Regional Strategies 161 -- Regional economic strategies seek to orient public investment, -- innovation one component 161 -- Innovation strategies: their origins 165 -- Current strategies science-focused 173 -- Innovation instruments 191 -- The sub-regional level 203 -- Limited but increasing scope for local action 203 -- Science Cities: nationally inspired, locally developed 207 -- Innovation Partnerships: a national designation under development 213 -- Pan-northern support of innovation 214 -- The Northern Way plays an increasingly strategic role 214 -- Logic of pan-regional collaboration 215 -- Scenarios for pan-regional action with the Northern Way 2...18 -- N8 research partnership 222 -- Conclusion 227 |
| Notes |
Title from PDF t.p. (publisher's Web site, viewed Oct.16, 2008) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Regional economics.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- England.
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Technological innovations -- Government policy -- England.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| LC no. |
2008390602 |
| ISBN |
9264048928 |
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9264048944 (electronic) |
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9789264048928 |
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9789264048942 (electronic) |
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