Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness

1. Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Knowledge-Based World Economy: Introduction
Peter Nijkamp, Iulia Siedschlag, Donal Smith

2. Defining Knowledge-Driven Economic Dynamism in the World Economy: A Methodological Perspective
Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, George Petrakos

3. Explaining Knowledge-Based Economic Growth in the World Economy
Panagiotis Artelaris, Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, George Petrakos

4. Critical Success Factors for a Knowledge-Based Economy: An Empirical Study into Background Factors of Economic Dynamism
Patricia Hemert, Peter Nijkamp

5. Knowledge Spillover Agents and Regional Development
Michaela Trippl, Gunther Maier

6. Star Scientists as Drivers of the Development of Regions
Michaela Trippl, Gunther Maier

7. The Determinants of Regional Educational Inequality in Western Europe
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Vassilis Tselios

8. Innovation and Firms’ Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Method
Jože P. Damijan, Črt Kostevc, Matija Rojec

9. Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities
Luca Corazzini, Matteo Grazzi, Marcella Nicolini

10. A Knowledge: Learning-Based Perspective on Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise
Christos N. Pitelis

11. Determinants of MNE Subsidiaries Decision to Set up Own R&D Laboratories: The Choice of Region
Constantina Kottaridi, Marina Papanastassiou, Christos Pitelis

12. Multinational Enterprise and Subsidiaries’ Absorptive Capacity and Global Knowledge Sourcing
Constantina Kottaridi, Marina Papanastassiou, Christos N. Pitelis, Dimitrios D. Thomakos

13. The Competitive Advantage and Catching-Up of Nations: A New Framework and the Role of FDI, Clusters and Public Policy
Christos N. Pitelis

14. The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation and Growth: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Marc Schiffbauer

15. European Competition and Industrial Policy: An Assessment and a New Framework
Ioanna Glykou, Christos N. Pitelis

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, R & D/Technology Policy