Interactive Learning for Innovation: A Key Driver within Clusters and Innovation Systems

Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL INSIGHTS FROM THE LITERATURE ON STI AND DUI Innovation and Competence Building in the Learnign Economy: Implications for Innovation Policy; B. Lundvall & E. Lorenz Labour Market Institutions, Skills, and Innovation Style: a Critique of the Varieties of Capitalism perspective; E. Lorenz Organization and Innovation: The Topic of Creative Cities; B. Johnson The Knowledge Economy, Spillovers, Proximity and Specialisation; P. Cooke PART II: CLUSTERS, FIRMS AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS Combined and Complex Mode of Innovation in Regional Cluster Development: Analysis of the light-weight Material Cluster in Raufoss, Norway; A. Isaksen & J. Karlsen Facilitating Cluster Evolution in Peripheral Regions: the Role of Clusterpreneurs; J. Christensen & D. Stoerring Social Capital, Knowledge and Competitiveness: the case of the Basque Paper Cluster and the Electronics and ICT Cluster; J. Valdaliso, M. Aranguren, A. Elola & S. López Firm Heterogeneity and Trajectories of Learning: Applications and Relevant Policy Implications; M. Aranguren, M. Larrea & M. Parrilli Innovation Capabilities and Learning as Arguments to Support R&D in Enterprises: Virtuous and Vicious Cycles; J. Hejis Typologies of Innovation Based on Statistical Analysis for European and Spanish Regions; M. Navarro & J. Gibaja Academia and Public Policy: Towards the Co-generation of Kowledge and Learning Processes; M. Aranguren, M. Larrea & J. Wilson