Innovation Governance in an Open Economy Shaping Regional Nodes in a Globalized World

In an increasingly globalised world, paradoxically regional innovation clusters have moved to the forefront of attention as a strategy for economic and social development. Transcending international success cases, like Silicon Valley and Route 128, as sources of lessons, successful high tech clusters in niche areas have had a significant impact on peripheral regions. Are these successful innovation clusters born or made? If they are subject to planning and direction, what is the shape that it takes: top down, bottom up or lateral?

1. Regional Governance in Global Innovation Processes Annika Rickne, Staffan Laestadiusand Henry Etzkowitz 2. The Theoretical Foundation for Swedish Innovation Policy Staffan Laestadiusand Annika Rickne 3. "Spaces": A triple helix governance strategy for regional innovationHenry Etzkowitz and Marina Ranga 4. Regional Dynamics in Non-metropolitan Hi-tech Clusters: A longitudinal study of two Nordic regions Jukka Teräsand Håkan Ylinenpää 5. Building Regional Strength in Global Competition: Collaborative patterns for life- science firms in Western Sweden Jens Laage-Hellman, Annika Rickne and Emelie Stenborg 6. Between the Regional and the Global: Regional innovation systems policy and industrial knowledge formation Linda Gustavsson, Cali Nuur and Staffan Laestadius 7. Regional Policy as Change Management: Theoretical discussions and empirical illustrations Martin Andersson and Börje Johansson 8. Constructing an Innovation Policy Agency: The case of the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation SystemsBo Persson 9. In What Way Do Policy Scripts Influence Practice? Fredrik Lavén, Björn Remneland-Wikhamn and Torbjörn Stjernberg 10. Can Regional Innovation Systems Be"Constructed"? Johan Johanssonand Håkan Ylinenpää 11. Gender in Regional Innovation Systems: Why it matters and how it is mainstreamed in the Swedish case Malin Lindberg 12. Entrepreneurship and Public Policy in Emerging Clusters Bo Carlsson 13. The "Start Up Factor": Regional innovation policy convergence between the U.S. and SwedenHenry Etzkowitz 14. Lessons on Regional Innovation Governance in Open Economies Staffan Laestadiusand Annika Rickne

Annika Rickne is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Staffan Laestadius is Professor of Industrial Dynamics at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology. Henry Etzkowitz is Senior Researcher in the Triple Helix Group, H-STAR at Stanford University, USA.