In an era of intense globalization, the critical role of the region as a center for economic development has sometimes been overlooked.
. Using an evolutionary economic perspective, and drawing on a range of disciplines and accomplished scholars, Local and Regional Systems of Innovation explores important issues at a conceptual, methodological and comparative level concerning how successful locations actually construct their comparative advantage.Local and Regional Systems of Innovation Indeed, much more than ever before, it is the combination of factors that contributes to innovation - ranging over skills, finance, production, user-producer linkages, the capacity of organizations to learn, and multilayered government policies - that make local regions the favorites of fortune. Moreover, innovation is increasingly being recognized as being a critical driver of economic growth and development.