Pathways to High-Tech Valleys and Research Triangles

Preface; 1. Venturing and clustering in agri-food and high-technology hot spots: introduction; W. Hulsink and H. Dons.- High-tech clusters in the United States and Europe: 2. North Carolina's Research Triangle Park: overview, history, success factors and lessons learned; J.W. Hardin.- 3. Clustering in ICT: from Route 128 to Silicon Valley, from DEC to Google, from hardware to content; W. Hulsink, D. Manuel and H. Bouwman.- 4. A hotbed for entrepreneurship and innovation: looking for success factors in Israel's High-Tech Clusters; U. de Haan.- 5. Creating the dynamic technology region: the knowledge pearl Leuven - Flanders; M. Hinoul.- The importance of innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer: 6. Innovation and knowledge transfer in the Dutch horticultural system; H. Dons and R.J. Bino.- 7. A demand-led, network-based approach to technology transfer: the experience of the UK Defence Diversification Agency: J. Molas-Gallart and D. McDonnell.- 8. Stimulating entrepreneurship in life sciences: the Dutch approach; H. Hu and W. Mosmuller.- Agri-food clusters and communities in Europe: 9. Structural changes and the role of districts in the development of the Italian food industry; C. Brasili and R. Fanfani.- 10. Food innovation at interfaces: experience from the Öresund region; M. Lagnevik.- 11. The emergence of slow food: social entrepreneurship, local foods and the Piedmont gastronomy cluster; H.S. van der Meulen.- 12. The Flemish frozen-vegetable industry as an example of cluster analysis: Flanders Vegetable Valley; W. Vanhaverbeke, J. Larosse and W. Winnen.- Stimulating innovation, entrepreneurship and regional clustering in the East Netherlands: 13. East Netherlands as an innovation region: can a triangle between valleys compensate for low critical mass?; P. Tindemans.-14. From 'Wageningen City of Life Sciences' to 'Food Valley'; C. Crombach, J. Koene and W. Heijman