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Studies of knowledge and innovation as driving forces of regional development and growth offer a myriad of approaches. Here, questions asked, methods used and answers given are manifold. In our overview, we cover recent developments in this research area. Moreover, we explore the question as to the extent to which approaches in this research area compete with or complement one another. It turns out that the various studies are much more complementary than competitive. However, there is still much ground to be covered before we fully understand the processes underlying the creation and dissemination of knowledge and innovation leading to regional development and growth.
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R11, O32, O33, O18
Correspondence to: Claudia Werker
This Special Issue is the outcome of the workshop on “Knowledge and Innovation in Creating and Sustaining Regional Growth in a Global Environment” held at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, July 10th until 12th, 2003. Financial support by the Dutch research council (NWO), the Centre for Economic Research (CfER) of the Open University Milton Keynes (UK) as well as by Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies (ECIS, The Netherlands) is gratefully acknowledged; as is the organizational support by ECIS. We are grateful for helpful comments by Ron Boschma and Joachim Schwerin. Moreover, we would like to thank Uwe Cantner for his kind support in making this Special Issue happen. Naturally, the usual disclaimer applies.
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Werker, C., Athreye, S. Marshall’s disciples: knowledge and innovation driving regional economic development and growth. J. Evol. Econ. 14, 505–523 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-004-0237-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-004-0237-5