1. Traceability systems for sustainable development in rural areas / Vicente Diaz, B. Bustelo, Oscar Martinez, Juan Lovelle, Patricia Ordonez de Pablos -- 2. R&D centre growth based on regional innovation system / Jingyuan Zhao -- 3. The regional innovation capacity model / Antonio Lerro, Giovanni Schiuma -- 4. Understanding knowledge networks via Social Network Analysis (SNA) / Asleena Helmi, Zainal Ahmad, Daisy Hung -- 5. Breaking out from lock-in / Gert-Jan Hospers -- 6. Alliances may explain the significant growth of biotechnology companies in the critical period 1996-2001 / Tomas Bas -- 7. Optimal policy for biopharmaceutical drugs innovation and access in India / Rakhi Rashmi -- 8. Embracing emerging technologies / Pak Ng -- 9. Dynamics in a non-scale R&D endogenous economic growth for Chinese development / Qiong He -- 10. Analysis of online game distribution in China's Internet cafés / Qun Ren, Philip Hardwick -- 11. From lab to market / A. Egbetokun, W. Siyanbola, A. Oyewale -- 12. Theoretical approaches to the marketing of innovation in biotechnology firms / Tomas Bas -- 13. Strategic regional networks in higher education / Mauri Kantola, Juha Kettunen, Satu Helmi -- 14. Innovation policy, competitiveness, and growth / Aikaterini Kokkinou -- 15. Mapping the innovation activities in Europe / George Korres -- 16. Biopharma drugs innovation in India and foreign investment and technology transfer in the changed patent regime / Rakhi Rashmi.