Alberto Quadrio Curzio & Marco Fortis 
Research and Technological Innovation [PDF ebook] 
The Challenge for a New Europe

– Research, Technology, Innovation: Analysis and Cases.- Scientific-Technological Innovation and Industrial Growth.- The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth.- Local Systems and Networks in the Globalisation Process.- The Dynamics of High-Tech Clusters: Competition, Predation, Synergies.- High-Technology Clusters: Specialisation and Interaction.- New Industry, European Framework and National Success Stories.- New Science, New Industry and New Institutions? Second Thoughts on Innovation and Europe’s Universities.- EU Strategies for Research and Development.- Aiming at the Barcelona Target: Best Practices and National Performances. The EASAC Perspective.- The Locational Dynamics of the U.S. Biotech Industry: Knowledge Externalities and the Anchor Hypothesis.- The Cambridge Phenomenon.- Knowledge Capital and Economic Growth: Sweden as an Emblematic Example.- Relationships between Universities, Research Centers and District Firms: the Italian Case.