Ulrich Hilpert is Professor and Chair of Comparative Government in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.Helen Lawton Smith is Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• Preface Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith Part I: Introduction – Exchange of Knowledge and the Building of Networks 1. Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets: Towards spatial concentration and mutual exchange of competence, knowledge and synergy Ulrich Hilpert Part II: Islands of Innovation and Networks of Innovative Regional Labour Markets 2. Labour for Regional Innovation: The role of researchers for development and patterns of recruitment Ulrich Hilpert 3. Star Scientists, Islands of Innovation and Internationally Networked Labour Markets Michaela Trippl 4. Metropolitan Area Migration Patterns of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce Within the United States Vijai Singh and Christopher Briem 5. High Technology Local Economies: Geographical mobility of the highly skilled Rupert Waters and Helen Lawton Smith Part III: How to Connect with Mobile Innovative Competences – The Role of Appropriate Innovative Labour Markets 6. From Islands to Hubs of Innovation: Connecting innovative regions Andrea Caragliu and Peter Nijkamp 7. Islands of Innovation in the Czech Republic, the International Labour Market of Highly Skilled Workers and Brain Gain Policies Josef Bernard, Věra Patočková and Tomáš Kostelecký 8. Embedding Competencies: Human capital endowment and economic performances of Italian regions Vincenzo Demetrio and Paolo Giaccaria Part IV: Conclusions 9. Selected Places for Attracted Labour: Islands of innovation as carriers of knowledge for science-based development Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith

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Ulrich Hilpert is Professor and Chair of Comparative Government in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.Helen Lawton Smith is Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• Preface Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith Part I: Introduction – Exchange of Knowledge and the Building of Networks 1. Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets: Towards spatial concentration and mutual exchange of competence, knowledge and synergy Ulrich Hilpert Part II: Islands of Innovation and Networks of Innovative Regional Labour Markets 2. Labour for Regional Innovation: The role of researchers for development and patterns of recruitment Ulrich Hilpert 3. Star Scientists, Islands of Innovation and Internationally Networked Labour Markets Michaela Trippl 4. Metropolitan Area Migration Patterns of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce Within the United States Vijai Singh and Christopher Briem 5. High Technology Local Economies: Geographical mobility of the highly skilled Rupert Waters and Helen Lawton Smith Part III: How to Connect with Mobile Innovative Competences – The Role of Appropriate Innovative Labour Markets 6. From Islands to Hubs of Innovation: Connecting innovative regions Andrea Caragliu and Peter Nijkamp 7. Islands of Innovation in the Czech Republic, the International Labour Market of Highly Skilled Workers and Brain Gain Policies Josef Bernard, Věra Patočková and Tomáš Kostelecký 8. Embedding Competencies: Human capital endowment and economic performances of Italian regions Vincenzo Demetrio and Paolo Giaccaria Part IV: Conclusions 9. Selected Places for Attracted Labour: Islands of innovation as carriers of knowledge for science-based development Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith

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Ulrich Hilpert is Professor and Chair of Comparative Government in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.Helen Lawton Smith is Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

• Preface Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith Part I: Introduction – Exchange of Knowledge and the Building of Networks 1. Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets: Towards spatial concentration and mutual exchange of competence, knowledge and synergy Ulrich Hilpert Part II: Islands of Innovation and Networks of Innovative Regional Labour Markets 2. Labour for Regional Innovation: The role of researchers for development and patterns of recruitment Ulrich Hilpert 3. Star Scientists, Islands of Innovation and Internationally Networked Labour Markets Michaela Trippl 4. Metropolitan Area Migration Patterns of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce Within the United States Vijai Singh and Christopher Briem 5. High Technology Local Economies: Geographical mobility of the highly skilled Rupert Waters and Helen Lawton Smith Part III: How to Connect with Mobile Innovative Competences – The Role of Appropriate Innovative Labour Markets 6. From Islands to Hubs of Innovation: Connecting innovative regions Andrea Caragliu and Peter Nijkamp 7. Islands of Innovation in the Czech Republic, the International Labour Market of Highly Skilled Workers and Brain Gain Policies Josef Bernard, Věra Patočková and Tomáš Kostelecký 8. Embedding Competencies: Human capital endowment and economic performances of Italian regions Vincenzo Demetrio and Paolo Giaccaria Part IV: Conclusions 9. Selected Places for Attracted Labour: Islands of innovation as carriers of knowledge for science-based development Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith

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