Innovation and Social Learning

How well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in the global economy? This volume examines this issue.

Autorentext

PHILIP COOKE Professor of Regional Development and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff RICHARD FLORIDA H. John Heinz III Professor of Regional Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University DYLAN HENDERSON Research Associate, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University KEVIN MORGAN Professor of European Regional Development, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University LYNN K. MYTELKA Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University and Director, Institute for New Technologies, United Nations University TONY PORTER Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University LIORA SALTER Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, and of Environment Studies, York University MICHAEL STORPER Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles and Professor of Human and Social Sciences, Université de Marne-la-Vallée ROBERT WOLFE Professor of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Zusammenfassung
The ability of societies to manage the current transition to an innovation-driven learning economy is determined by the capacity of existing institutions to facilitate the changes underway. Individual and social learning dynamics are critical to the innovation process and essential for developing and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. The crucial issue is: how well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in the global economy?

Inhalt

List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Innovations and Social Learning: An Introduction; D.A.Wolfe & M.S.Gertler Farms, Phones and Learning in the Trade Regime; R.Wolfe Institutional Learning in International Financial Regimes; T.Porter Institutional Learning in Standards Setting; L.Salter Locational Tournaments, Strategic Partnerships and the State; L.Mytelka Technology, Culture and Social Learning: Regional and National Institutions of Governance; M.S.Gertler Institutions of the Learning Economy; M.Storper The Learning Region; R.Florida Regional Innovation Systems and Regional Competitiveness; P.Cooke Regions as Laboratories: The Rise of Regional Experimentation in Europe; D.Henderson & K.Morgan Negotiating Order: Sectoral Polices and Social Learning in Ontario; D.A.Wolfe Index