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Tables of Contents for Metropolitan Innovation Systems
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Systems of Innovation: An Attractive Conceptual Framework for Comparative Innovation Research
1
22
Innovation as an Interactive Process
2
3
Knowledge Creation and Diffusion
5
3
The Innovation Systems Approach
8
4
Regional Rather Than National Innovation Systems?
12
4
Why Metropolitan Innovation Systems?
16
1
Survey Methodology and Design of the Questionnaires
17
4
A Brief Guide to This Volume
21
2
The Vienna Metropolitan System of Innovation
23
40
The Metropolitan Region
24
1
Some Features of the Austrian National Innovation System
25
4
The Institutional Set-Up
29
3
The Manufacturing Sector
32
9
The Producer Services Sector
41
8
The Science & Research Sector
49
10
Concluding Remarks
59
4
The Barcelona Metropolitan System of Innovation
63
50
Barcelona -- the Dynamic Capital of Catalonia
64
5
Political and Institutional Framework
69
5
The Manufacturing Sector
74
12
The Producer Services Sector
86
12
The Science & Research Sector
98
9
The Barcelonese Way of Networking
107
3
Concluding Remarks
110
3
The Stockholm Metropolitan System of Innovation
113
52
Metropolitan Region With a Service Specialisation
115
2
Some Features of the Swedish National Innovation System
117
4
The Institutional Set-Up
121
1
The Manufacturing Sector
122
14
The Producer Services Sector
136
11
The Science & Research Sector
147
11
Concluding Remarks
158
7
A Retrospect
165
12
Metropolitan Differences and Similarities
166
2
What Does the Study Tell Us?
168
4
Policy Implications
172
5
Appendix: A The Vienna Metropolitan Innovation System
177
22
Appendix: B The Barcelona Metropolitan Innovation System
199
22
Appendix: C The Stockholm Metropolitan Innovation System
221
22
References
243
10
List of Figures
253
2
List of Tables
255
6
Subject Index
261
8
Author Index
269