Edited by Jeremy Howells, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & External Engagement), University of Portsmouth and Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, President of Kellogg College and Director of the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Senior Fellow, Rutgers, US

• Contents: Foreword (J.S. Metcalfe) Part I: Globalization in Context Part II: The Globalization of Technological Activity Part III: Innovation and Competitive Advantage Index

'As with most edited volumes emerging from conferences and workshops, this one bears obvious traces of heroic editorial efforts to secure a decent level of consistency and coherence across a set of papers which differ in approach and style. In this case, however, these efforts have been reasonably successful and the outcome is largely enjoyable reading.'

Edited by Jeremy Howells, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & External Engagement), University of Portsmouth and Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, President of Kellogg College and Director of the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Senior Fellow, Rutgers, US

• Contents: Foreword (J.S. Metcalfe) Part I: Globalization in Context Part II: The Globalization of Technological Activity Part III: Innovation and Competitive Advantage Index

'As with most edited volumes emerging from conferences and workshops, this one bears obvious traces of heroic editorial efforts to secure a decent level of consistency and coherence across a set of papers which differ in approach and style. In this case, however, these efforts have been reasonably successful and the outcome is largely enjoyable reading.'

Edited by Jeremy Howells, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & External Engagement), University of Portsmouth and Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, President of Kellogg College and Director of the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK; Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Senior Fellow, Rutgers, US

• Contents: Foreword (J.S. Metcalfe) Part I: Globalization in Context Part II: The Globalization of Technological Activity Part III: Innovation and Competitive Advantage Index

'As with most edited volumes emerging from conferences and workshops, this one bears obvious traces of heroic editorial efforts to secure a decent level of consistency and coherence across a set of papers which differ in approach and style. In this case, however, these efforts have been reasonably successful and the outcome is largely enjoyable reading.'