The changing geography of innovation. Chinese and Indian regions and the global flows of innovation.

Despite the recent theoretical and empirical advancements in the geography\ud of innovation literature regarding the role that global sources of\ud knowledge may have for regional growth and development, research in\ud this field remains focused on successful regions and clusters in developed\ud countries. Hitherto there has been limited research on the role of regions\ud located in developing countries and the different types of global flows\ud of innovation that link firms located in those regions with the rest of the\ud world. Furthermore, most of the geography of innovation literature remains\ud at the meso level (regional and sectorial), and almost ignores the\ud interplay with firm-level characteristics. Using an interdisciplinary perspective,\ud the thesis contributes to the literature by combining the geography\ud of innovation studies with international business and innovation\ud studies to integrate the meso dimension with the global and micro dimensions.\ud The thesis investigates how certain regions in emerging economies\ud are changing the geography of innovation. More specifically, this\ud thesis aims to investigate the role of the region as well as of firm level\ud factors, especially resources and capabilities, in explaining and sustaining\ud firms’ innovation performances and their possible modes of participation\ud in the globalization of innovation