SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

Project:

IKINET

International Knowledge and Innovation Networks

for European Integration, Cohesion and Enlargement

 

 

Contract N°: CIT2-CT-2004-506242

 

 

WP2 - Validation and improvement of theoretical models

 

 

Papers presented in the:

 

FOURTH SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP

February 23-25, 2006

 

Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University,

Room 1.17, 44-45 Park Place, Cardiff, UK

 

 

 

SECTION I: AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES

 

“Emergence and transformations of clusters and milieus”

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

 

“Geographical and Relational Proximities in the European Airbus Project”

University of Wales, Cardiff

 

Geographical agglomerations within clusters and the subsidiary development of local networks

Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz

 

“Clustering in medium technology sectors in Poland”

Centrum Badan Przedsiebiorczosci i Zazadzania Polskiej Akademiiauk, Warsaw

 

 

SECTION II: KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND INNOVATION

 

“Regional learning networks in medium tech sectors and European integration”

Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

 

Innovation and knowledge creation in the SMEs of an Aeronautical Industrial Cluster

Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

 

“Innovation and its diffusion among regions: the aeronautical sector

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

 

“Aerospace Industry Outsourcing in Two 'Clusters' in Wales, UK”

University of Wales, Cardiff

 

“Learning as selecting, assessing and documenting knowledge and partners”

Ruhr-Forschungsinstitut für Innovations- und Strukturpolitik, Bochum

 

Clusters and learning: changing perspectives on in the interpretation and legitimization of clusters
Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz
 

 

 

 

SECTION III: INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

 

“Global competitiveness of EU medium technology sectors”

Applica sprl, Bruxelles

 

“Clusters and temporary geographical proximity”

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris

 

 

 

SECTION IV: GOVERNANCE OF THE INNOVATION NETWORKS

 

“Clustering and cohesion policy”

Applica sprl, Bruxelles

 

 The role of institutions and social capital

Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz

 

“Social capital and knowledge management”

Centrum Badan Przedsiebiorczosci i Zazadzania Polskiej Akademiiauk, Warsaw

 

“Intermediate institutions for interactive learning processes in a “governance” perspective: the case study of aeronautical pole in Campania region”

Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

 

“European interregional boundary spanning institutions”

Ruhr-Forschungsinstitut für Innovations- und Strukturpolitik, Bochum

 

“Clusters and institution. Towards a reassessment of the role played by local institutions in the transfer of knowledge and the setting of local networks”

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris