Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Regional governance in global innovation processes / Annika Rickne, Staffan Laestadius and Henry Etzkowitz -- 2. The theoretical foundation for Swedish innovation policy / Staffan Laestadius and Annika Rickne -- 3. "Spaces" : a triple helix governance strategy for regional innovation / Henry Etzkowitz and Marina Ranga -- 4. Regional dynamics in non-metropolitan hi-tech clusters : a longitudinal study of two Nordic regions / Jukka Teräs and Håkan Ylinenpää -- 5. 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 systems / Bo Persson -- 9. Policy scripts and practice / Fredrik Lavén, Björn Remneland-Wikhamn, and Torbjörn Stjernberg -- 10. Can regional innovation systems be "constructed"? / Johan Johansson and Håkan Ylinenpää -- 11. Gender in governance of regional innovation : why gender 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 Sweden / Henry Etzkowitz -- 14. Lessons on regional innovation governance in open economies / Staffan Laestadius and Annika Rickne.

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