Zoltan J. Acs is McCurdy Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Baltimore, USA
1. Introduction Part I The Framework 2. National Innovation Systems 3.
National Innovation Systems and Instituted Processes 4. Regional
Innovation: In Search of an Enabling Strategy Part II European Studies 5.
Business Processes in Regional Innovation Systems in the European Union 6.
Innovation Systems and 'Local Difficulties': The Oxfordshire Experience 7.
University-Industry Relationships in Germany and Their Regional
Consequences Part III North American Studies 8. Regional Networks and
Innovation in Silicon Valley and Route 123, 9. Universities in Local
Innovation Systems 10. Towards a Conceptualization of Super-regional
Systems of Innovation Part IV Regional Innovation Management 11. Sources of
Innovative Environments: A Technological Evolution Perspective 12. Network
Models for Technology-Based Growth 13. Venture Capital's Role in Regional
Innovation Systems: Historical Perspective and Recent Evidence Part V The
City and the World 14. The Learning Region 15. Cities, Information and
'Smart Holes'.
