Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Professor of Regional Economics, University of Bremen and Thomas Brenner, Phillips Universitat Marburg, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a Political Perspective and Unifying Concept Part I: Theoretical Approaches 2. Local Culture and Regional Innovation Networks: Some Propositions 3. Entrepreneurial Activities in a Regional Context 4. The Role of Trust and Power in the Institutional Regulation of Territorial Business Systems 5. Cognitive Coordination, Institutions and Clusters: An Exploratory Discussion 6. Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer 7. Learning Pathologies in Losing Areas: Towards a Definition of the Cognitive Obstacles to Local Development 8. On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Networks Part II: Case Studies 9. Is Nanjing’s Concentration of IT Companies an Innovative Cluster? 10. TV Content Production in Media Regions: The Necessities and Difficulties of Public Policy Support for a Project-based Industry 11. How Many Networks in a Local Cluster? Textile Machine Production and Innovation in Brescia 12. ‘Lock-in’ of Regional Clusters: The Case of Offshore Engineering Part III: Policy Implications 13. Entrepreneurship Stimulation in Regional Innovation Systems – Public Promotion of University-based Start-ups in Germany 14. Cooperation and Knowledge-pooling in Clusters: Designing Territorial Competitiveness Policies 15. Policy Measures to Support the Emergence of Localised Industrial Clusters Index

Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Professor of Regional Economics, University of Bremen and Thomas Brenner, Phillips Universitat Marburg, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a Political Perspective and Unifying Concept Part I: Theoretical Approaches 2. Local Culture and Regional Innovation Networks: Some Propositions 3. Entrepreneurial Activities in a Regional Context 4. The Role of Trust and Power in the Institutional Regulation of Territorial Business Systems 5. Cognitive Coordination, Institutions and Clusters: An Exploratory Discussion 6. Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer 7. Learning Pathologies in Losing Areas: Towards a Definition of the Cognitive Obstacles to Local Development 8. On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Networks Part II: Case Studies 9. Is Nanjing’s Concentration of IT Companies an Innovative Cluster? 10. TV Content Production in Media Regions: The Necessities and Difficulties of Public Policy Support for a Project-based Industry 11. How Many Networks in a Local Cluster? Textile Machine Production and Innovation in Brescia 12. ‘Lock-in’ of Regional Clusters: The Case of Offshore Engineering Part III: Policy Implications 13. Entrepreneurship Stimulation in Regional Innovation Systems – Public Promotion of University-based Start-ups in Germany 14. Cooperation and Knowledge-pooling in Clusters: Designing Territorial Competitiveness Policies 15. Policy Measures to Support the Emergence of Localised Industrial Clusters Index

Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Professor of Regional Economics, University of Bremen and Thomas Brenner, Phillips Universitat Marburg, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a Political Perspective and Unifying Concept Part I: Theoretical Approaches 2. Local Culture and Regional Innovation Networks: Some Propositions 3. Entrepreneurial Activities in a Regional Context 4. The Role of Trust and Power in the Institutional Regulation of Territorial Business Systems 5. Cognitive Coordination, Institutions and Clusters: An Exploratory Discussion 6. Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer 7. Learning Pathologies in Losing Areas: Towards a Definition of the Cognitive Obstacles to Local Development 8. On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Networks Part II: Case Studies 9. Is Nanjing’s Concentration of IT Companies an Innovative Cluster? 10. TV Content Production in Media Regions: The Necessities and Difficulties of Public Policy Support for a Project-based Industry 11. How Many Networks in a Local Cluster? Textile Machine Production and Innovation in Brescia 12. ‘Lock-in’ of Regional Clusters: The Case of Offshore Engineering Part III: Policy Implications 13. Entrepreneurship Stimulation in Regional Innovation Systems – Public Promotion of University-based Start-ups in Germany 14. Cooperation and Knowledge-pooling in Clusters: Designing Territorial Competitiveness Policies 15. Policy Measures to Support the Emergence of Localised Industrial Clusters Index