Chapter 1 Introduction: Learning and Interaction — Drivers for Innovation in Current Competitive Markets

Chapter 2 Innovation and Competence Building in the Learning Economy: Implications for Innovation Policy

Chapter 3 Labor Market Institutions, Skills, and Innovation Style: A Critique of the ‘Varieties of Capitalism’ Perspective

Chapter 4 Organization and Innovation: The Topic of Creative Cities

Chapter 5 Knowledge Economy Spillovers, Proximity, and Specialization

Chapter 6 Combined and Complex Mode of Innovation in Regional Cluster Development: Analysis of the Light-Weight Material Cluster in Raufoss, Norway

Chapter 7 Facilitating Cluster Evolution in Peripheral Regions: The Role of Clusterpreneurs

Chapter 8 Social Capital, Knowledge, and Competitiveness: The Cases of the Basque Paper and Electronics/ICT Clusters

Chapter 9 Firm Heterogeneity and Trajectories of Learning: Applications and Relevant Policy Implications

Chapter 10 Innovation Capabilities and Learning: Virtuous and Vicious Circles

Chapter 12 Academia and Public Policy: Towards the Co-generation of Knowledge and Learning Processes