9783709081594 acid-free paper 3790815942 acid-free paper 3709081599 acid-free paper 9783790815948 acid-free paper 9783790816587 3790816582 6610412103 9786610412105
Alternate Call Number
G 22 QUA.R
Summary
Explains the importance of scientific research and technological innovation for industrial countries and in particular for the EU, in order to improve or to maintain economic leadership. This book starts with a historical and theoretical perspective on scientific-technological innovation and its importance for industrial growth.
Note
Ouvrage reprennant certaines des interventions faites lors de 2 conférences organisées par la Fondazione Edison. La 1ère est intitulée "Districts, pillars, network facilities", Rome, 8-9 avril 2003 ; la seconde, "New science, new industry - the challenges for the new Europe", 13-14 octobre 2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction Research, Technology, Innovation: Analysis and Cases; The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth; Local Systems and Networks in the Globalisation Process; The Dynamics of High-Tech Clusters: Competition, Predation, Synergies; High-Technology Clusters: Specialisation and Interaction; New Science, New Industry and New Institutions? Second Thoughts on Innovation and Europe's Universities; EU Strategies for Research and Development; Aiming at the Barcelona Target: Best Practices and National Performances. The EASAC Perspective.