Cities and Regions in the New Learning Economy
Is there a "new learning economy"? Do regions and cities play new roles in terms of governance and intervention in order to promote learning, innovation, productivity and economic performance at the local level? Such questions are high on the political agenda everywhere. This publication,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2001.
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| Colección: | Education and skills.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705522206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Chapter 2. Innovation, Learning and Regions in the Knowledge-based Economy""; ""Knowledge and economic growth""; ""Innovations""; ""Figure 2.1. A taxonomy of innovations""; ""Learning and knowledge capital""; ""Individual learning""; ""Figure 2.2. Categories of learning""; ""Organisational learning""; ""Systems of innovation""; ""Institutions and organisations""; ""Policy implications""; ""“Learning regions� as virtuous regional systems of innovation""; ""Public policy and the regional level""
- ""Learning, labour markets and social inclusion""""Notes""; ""Chapter 3. The Design of the Empirical Analysis""; ""Introduction""; ""Aims""; ""Figure 3.1. A heuristic framework for the analysis of the conceptual relationships in the “learn...""; ""Research questions""; ""Question A: To what extent can it be demonstrated that learning influences economic performance?""; ""Question B: What is the importance of individual learning for organisational learning?""; ""Question C: What is the relationship between learning and social inclusion and exclusion?""
- ""Question D: What is the importance of social capital in determining the processes of learning?""""Question E: To what extent does “path-dependency� impede learning?""; ""Question F: What is the importance of regional policymaking for addressing “path-dependency� and ...""; ""Methodological issues""; ""Correlation analysis""; ""Case studies""; ""Chapter 4. Learning, Economic Growth and Social Inclusion: A Correlation Analysis""; ""Introduction""; ""Individual learning and economic performance""; ""Selected indicators""; ""Results of the correlation analysis""
- ""Figure 4.1. Primary educational attainment and economic performance""""Figure 4.2. Secondary educational attainment and economic performance""; ""Figure 4.3. Tertiary educational attainment and economic performance""; ""Summary""; ""Organisational learning and economic performance""; ""Selected indicators""; ""Figure 4.4. Correlation between R&D expenditures and patent applications intensity (1995)""; ""Figure 4.5. Number of patent applications per million inhabitants""; ""Results of the correlation analyses""
- ""Figure 4.6. Correlation between patent intensity and GDP per capita (1995)""""Figure 4.7. Correlation between R&D expenditures and GDP per capita (1995)""; ""Summary""; ""Individual learning and organisational learning""; ""Selected indicators""; ""Results of the correlation analysis""; ""Figure 4.8. Number of patent applications and primary educational attainment""; ""Figure 4.9. Number of patent applications and tertiary educational attainment""; ""Summary""; ""Learning and social inclusion""; ""Selected indicators""; ""Results of the correlation analysis""
- ""Figure 4.10. Unemployment rate and secondary educational attainment""
