High Technology, Productivity and Networks

Part 1. Introduction

1. Hi-tech Development, Productivity Increases and Networking: A Systemic Approach to the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises
Mario Davide Parrilli

Part 2. Hi-tech Promotion

2. The Regional Innovation System in Emilia-Romagna
Laura Ramaciotti

3. Small and Medium-Sized Firms in High-Technology Industries: The Experience of Biotechnology Firms in the United States
Stuart O. Schweitzer, Marco R. Di Tommaso

4. The Start-up Process of Knowledge-based Companies in Latin America
Hugo Kantis, Pablo Angelelli

Part 3. Productivity Increases

5. Business Support Services: A Conceptual Framework and Some Interesting Practices
Nicola Bellini

6. Entrepreneurship, Small Firms and Self-employment
David Audretsch, Maria Callejon, Mari Jose Aranguren

7. Competitiveness Based on Low Production Costs or on High Specialization and Productivity: The Case of SMEs in Costa Rica
Justo Aguilar, Maikol Elizondo

Part 4. Networking

8. Trust and Social Capital in Glo-cal Networks
Lisa Propris

9. Local and Global Linkages of Small and Medium Enterprises in Local Production Systems in Brazil
Wilson Suzigan, Renato Garcia, João Furtado

10. Industrial Cluster Trajectories and Opportunities for Endogenous Upgrading in Developing Countries
Peter Knorringa

11. A Sectoral Approach to Policies for Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America
Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti

Part 5. Conclusions

12. Conclusions
Patrizio Bianchi

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Industries