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The Politics of Local Innovation: Conditions for the Development of Innovations book cover

1st Edition

The Politics of Local Innovation Conditions for the Development of Innovations

Edited By Hubert Heinelt, Björn Egner, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas Copyright 2022
238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Some cities manage to mobilize innovation potentials and respond to challenges, such as demographic change and immigration as well as economic restructuring, while others do not. This book solves this problem by answering the following question: what are the conditions for the development of local innovation? In order to identify these conditions, the book explores case study cities which are... Read more

1. Introduction: About the Origin of Local Innovations

Hubert Heinelt, Björn Egner and Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

2. Why Are Some Cities More Innovative Than Others? An Answer Based on an Interpretive Concept

Hubert Heinelt and Georgios Terizakis

3. Athens

Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

4. Bensheim

Hubert Heinelt

5. Chania

Hubert Heinelt and Panos Koliastasis

6. Elefsina

Panos Koliastasis

7. Frankfurt

Hubert Heinelt and Max A. Kayser

8. Kalamata

Alexia Timotheou

9. Kassel

Melina Lehning

10. Leipzig

Hubert Heinelt and Max A. Kayser

11. Offenbach

Max A. Kayser

12. Thessaloniki

Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

13. A Comparative Analysis of Communicative Mechanisms and Narratives Supporting Innovations

Björn Egner, Hubert Heinelt, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas, Panos Koliastasis, Melina Lehning and Alexia Timotheou

Biography

Hubert Heinelt is Professor in the Institute of Political Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, and Advisory Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

Björn Egner is Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Political Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas is Professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

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