We have, in recent decades, been able to witness a veritable revolution in the world economy, known as 'globalization'. Generally, the term is connected to the rapid increase of the free movement of goods, capital, people, ideas, information and knowledge around the globe. This book contributes to the meso- and micro-economic literature on innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy.Extending our understanding of the many different ways that innovation and entrepreneurship contribute to economic development and growth in a globalized economy, the expert contributors highlight that the current wave of globalization has been a period of exceptional entrepreneurship both among large multinational firms and among independent entrepreneurs. They demonstrate that location matters for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and clarify that public policy in a globalized economy must stress knowledge and ideas as the source of competitiveness and economic growth. Both graduates and post-graduates, along with university researchers will find this book to be useful in their studies. Particularly those with an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship research, regional economics, economic geography and international economics.
Contents:Part I INNOVATION1. R&D Investments and Firm Survival Across RegionsMaria Jesus Abellan Madrid, Antonio Garcia-Tabuenca and Cristina Suarez Galvez2. Universities and Public Research Institutes as Collaboration Partners for FirmsAnders Brostrom and Maureen McKelvey3. Technological Advancement through Imitation by Industry Incumbents in Strategic AlliancesNerine Mary George, Sergey Anokhin, Vinit Parida and Joakim Wincent4. Continuing Corporate Growth and Inter-organizational Collaboration of International New Ventures in SwedenJan Abrahamsson, Hakan Boter and Vladimir Vanyushyn5. Routines - Do they Stimulate or Hinder Learning and Innovation in Industrial Production?Knut Ingar WesterenPart II ENTREPRENEURSHIP6. Creativity Spillover of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from European CitiesDavid B. Audretsch and Maksim Belitski7. Start-up rates, Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Cycle: Swedish Patterns from National and Regional DataMartin Andersson8. Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Agglomeration in High-tech Industries in the U.S.Cathy Yang Liu, Gary Painter and Qingfang Wang9. Broadband Internet and New Firm Formation: A U.S. PerspectiveJitendra Parajuli and Kingsley E. Haynes10. When Being Wrong Might be Right: On Overconfidence as an Evolutionary Mechanism of Nascent EntrepreneursMartin G. A. SvenssonPart III INTERNATIONALIZATION11. Manufacturing Renaissance: Return of Manufacturing to Western CountriesSam Tavassoli, Babak Kianian and Tobias C. Larsson12. Closing the Gap: An Empirical Evidence on Firm's Innovation, Productivity, and ExportsViroj Jienwatcharamongkhol and Sam Tavassoli13. Infrastructure Endowment, Social Capital and Outsourcing: Evidence from Emilia Romagna, ItalyRoberto Antonietti, Maria Rosaria Ferrante and Riccardo LeonciniIndex