Network Strategies for Regional Growth

EDITH ANDRESEN Doctoral Student and Teacher at Mid-Sweden University, Sweden ALSONES BALESTRIN Professor and Researcher at the School of Management of the UNISINOS (University of Sinos Valley) Brazil BJRN BERGGREN Assistant Professor at the Centre for Banking and Finance, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden ANETTE BERGMAN Doctoral Student at Mid-Sweden University, Sweden PETTER BOYE Econ. Dr. Researcher and Consultant STAFFAN BREGE Professor of Industrial Marketing and Head of the Division of Industrial Marketing at Linkping University, Sweden SYLVIE CHETTY Professor of Marketing at Massey University, New Zealand CHRISTER EKELUND Associate Professor at the Centre for Business Studies, Kristianstad University College, Sweden KAROLINA ELMHESTER Assistant Professor in Industrial Marketing at Linkping University, Sweden SIMONE GUERCINI Full Professor in Business Economics at the University of Florence, Italy LARS HALLN Professor of Business Administration at Mid-Sweden University, Sweden HANS JANSSON Professor of International Marketing and Director of the Baltic Business Research Centre at Linnaeus School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Sweden NICOLAUS LUNDAHL PhD Student at the Centre for Banking and Finance, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden HKAN PIHL Senior Lecturer at Kristianstad University College, Sweden, and Dean of the Departement of Business Administration at Lund University, Sweden ANDREA RUNFOLA Assistant Professor in Business Economics at the University of Perugia, Italy SNEJINA MICHAILOVA Professor of International Business at The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand KAI MIETZNER Siemens Healthcare, Dsseldorf, Germany PETER E PARKER Associate Professor at the Department of Urban Studies, Malm University, Sweden JORGE RENATO VERSCHOORE Senior Lecturer and researcher at UNISINOS (University of Sinos Valley) Brazil LARS SILVER Associate Professor at the Centre for Banking and Finance, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden HOLGER SCHIELE Professor of Technology Management - Innovation of Operations at the University of Twente, The Netherlands CLAUS STEINLE Full Professor for Organizational Behaviour and Management at the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany

Network Strategies for Regional Growth; H.Lundberg & M.Johanson A New Role for Government in Regional Development; P.E.Parker & C.Ekelund Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad; H.Pihl Interaction, the Innovative Milieu and Porterian Clusters: A Survey-based Regional Assessment Illustrated with an Example of a Medical Technology Region in an early Cluster Life-cycle Stage; C.Steinle, H.Schiele & K.Mietzner Outcomes in Small-Firm Networks: A Quantitative Study in the Southern Brazilian Context; J.Renato Verschoore & A.Balestrin Email as a Communication Strategy in a Regional Strategic Network; E.Andresen, A.Bergman & L.Halln Cluster Membership, Knowledge and SMEs' Internationalization; S.Michailova & S.Chetty The Tr 50 Group: A Supplier Network to IKEA; K.Elmhester & S.Brege Marketing Cooperation and Public Policy in Italian Networks of Fashion Firms; S.Guercini & A.Runfola Strategy Selection in Business Angel Networks: Venture Capital Strategy and Entrepreneurial Business Angel Strategy; L.Silver, N.Lundahl & B.Berggren Increased Internationalization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through Joint Export Networks; H.Jansson & P.Boye Some Final Words; H.Lundberg