Innovation, Regional Development and the Life Sciences

Beyond clusters

Kean Birch (York University, Canada)

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English

Routledge
22 August 2016

Development studies; Biotechnology industries; Human geography

Series: Regions and Cities

The life sciences is an industrial sector that covers the development of biological products and the use of biological processes in the production of goods, services and energy. This sector is frequently presented as a major opportunity for policy-makers to upgrade and renew regional economies, leading to social and economic development through support for high-tech innovation.

Innovation, Regional Development and the Life Sciences analyses where innovation happens in the life sciences, why it happens in those places, and what this means for regional development policies and strategies. Focusing on the UK and Europe, its arguments are relevant to a variety of countries and regions pursuing high-tech innovation and development policies. The book’s theoretical approach incorporates diverse geographies (e.g. global, national and regional) and political-economic forces (e.g. discourses, governance and finance) in order to understand where innovation happens in the life sciences, where and how value circulates in the life sciences, and who captures the value produced in life sciences innovation.

This book will be of interest to researchers, students and policy-makers dealing with regional/local economic development.

By: Kean Birch (York University Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781138807617
ISBN 10: 1138807613
Series: Regions and Cities
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 22 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction: Knowledge economies everywhere! Chapter 2: Innovation, clusters and knowledge-based commodity chains Chapter 3: Innovation geographies in the UK life sciences Chapter 4: Innovation governance in the Scottish life sciences Chapter 5: Innovation imaginaries in the European life sciences Chapter 6: Innovation financing in the global life sciences Chapter 7: Conclusion: Innovation and regional development for whom?

Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada.

Reviews for Innovation, Regional Development and the Life Sciences: Beyond clusters

'In this concise and lucid book, Kean Birch takes us on a fascinating tour of the political economy of the UK's life sciences sector. The complex geographies of knowledge, innovation, finance and policy discourse that constitute the life sciences are skillfully disentangled in a constructively critical reading of the regional development potential of a widely discussed growth industry.' - Neil M. Coe, National University of Singapore, Singpore 'It is probably an understatement that this book takes the debate about innovation, life sciences and regional development beyond clusters. Kean Birch meticulously scrutinizes the knowledge based bio-economy in an impressive way by problematizing various 'myths' of Life Science clusters. He debunks the allegedly localized knowledge-space of such clusters and, perhaps more importantly, raises critical questions about the value of such clusters for regional development. In doing so, the book provides an inspiring and rare contribution that transcends the divide between studies focusing on the geographies of innovation, on the one hand, and political economies of life sciences on the other.' - Lars Coenen, Professor in Innovation Studies, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden