Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts

In this survey, we examine the operations of innovation processes within industrial districts by exploring the ways in which differentiation, specialization, and integration affect the generation, diffusion, and use of new knowledge in such districts. We begin with an analysis of the importance of the division of labor and then investigate the effects of social embeddedness on innovation. We also consider the effect of forms of organization within industrial districts at various stages of product and process life, and we examine the negative aspects of embeddedness for innovation. We conclude with a discussion of the possible consequences of new information and communications technologies on innovation in industrial districts.

Annual Report Clinical Operations 2004/2005

The clinical arm of the UConn Health Center consists of the UConn Medical (UMG), our physician faculty practice, the John Dempsey Hospital (JDH) and the Correctional Managed Health Care Program (CMHC). This 2005 Clinical Annual Report was issued Sept.1, 2005 by Steven L. Strongwater, MD, Director of Clinical Operations.