Innovation governance in an open economy : shaping regional nodes in a globalized world / edited by Annika Rickne, Staffan Laestadius and Henry Etzkowitz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regional governance in global innovation processes / Annika Rickne, Staffan Laestadius and Henry Etzkowitz -- The theoretical foundation for Swedish innovation policy / Staffan Laestadius and Annika Rickne -- "Spaces" : a triple helix governance strategy for regional innovation / Henry Etzkowitz and Marina Ranga -- Regional dynamics in non-metropolitan hi-tech clusters : a longitudinal study of two Nordic regions / Jukka Teräs and Håkan Ylinenpää -- Building regional strength in global competition : collaborative patterns for life- science firms in western Sweden / Jens Laage-Hellman, Annika Rickne, and Emelie Stenborg -- 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 -- Constructing an innovation policy agency : the case of the Swedish governmental agency for innovation systems / Bo Persson -- In what way do policy scripts influence practice? / Fredrik Lavén, Björn Remneland-Wikhamn, and Torbjörn Stjernberg -- Can regional innovation systems be "constructed"? / Johan Johansson and Håkan Ylinenpää -- Gender in regional innovation systems : why it matters and how it is mainstreamed in the Swedish case / Malin Lindberg -- Entrepreneurship and public policy in emerging clusters / Bo Carlsson -- The "start up factor" : regional innovation policy convergence between the U.S. and Sweden / Henry Etzkowitz -- Lessons on regional innovation governance in open economies / Staffan Laestadius and Annika Rickne.