Innovation Policy in a Global Economy

Foreword C. Freeman; 1. Innovation systems and policy in a global economy: an introduction D. Archibugi, J. Howells and J. Michie; Part I. National Systems of Innovations: 2. Technology policy in the learning economy B-A. Lundvall; 3. Some notes on national systems of innovation and production, and their implications for economic analysis G. Dosi; 4. Technology, growth and employment: do national systems matter? M. Pianta; Part II. Regional, National, and Global Forces: 5. Regional systems of innovation? J. Howells; 6. Global corporations and national systems of innovation: who dominates whom? K. Pavitt and P. Patel; 7. Globalisation and financial diversity: the making of venture capital markets in France, Germany and the UK M. F. Kluth and J. B. Andersen; 8. Patterns of national specialization in the global competitive environment P. Guerrieri; Part III. Globalisation and Economic Performance: 9. The political economy of globalisation M. Kitson and J. Michie; 10. The geographical sourcing of technological based assets by multinational enterprises J. H. Dunning and C. Wymbs; 11. Innovation as the principal source of growth in the global economy J. Cantwell; 12. The policy implications of the globalisation of innovation D. Archibugi and S. Iammarino.