Geography of Innovation: Public Policy Renewal and Empirical Progress

The aim of this book is firstly to highlight major recent methodological advances in the Geography of Innovation, particularly concerning the measurement of spatial knowledge externalities and their impact on agglomeration effects.

Nadine Massard is Professor in economics at the University Grenoble Alpes (France) and member of Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL, INRA, CNRS). Her main research theme is Economic Geography of Innovation and Public Policy. Currently she is the President of EuroLIO (European Localized Innovation Observatory).

Corinne Autant-Bernard is Professor in economics at Saint-Etienne University. Author of dozens of articles and book chapters in economics of innovation, she studies spatial concentration and networks of innovation and their impacts on productivity. She also contributes in technological transfer, providing policy makers with localized innovation diagnostics and policy evaluation.