This research report consists of forty-four revised papers, first presented and discussed at the fifteenth Uddevalla Symposium held at University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, June, 14-16, 2012[1] and hosted by Research Centre for Spatial and Organisational Dynamics (CIEO), University of Algarve. The overall theme was “Entrepreneurship and Innovation Networks”.  The purpose of the symposium was to contribute to an increased understanding of the role of entrepreneurship and innovation networks for the transformation of regions. Hundred researchers from various fields, such as economic geography, entrepreneurship, international business, management, political science, regional economics, small business economics and urban and regional planning, from more than 20 countries took part. Except for the overall theme there were the following six sub-themes, chaired by invited scholars from the Uddevalla Symposium Network: Learning in Organizational Networks, Chair: Assoc. Prof. Lars Svensson, Research Director, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Learning Networks for Entrepreneurial and Regional Development, Chair: Prof. Stefan Lagrosen, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Demythologising the Entrepreneurial University, Chair: Prof. David Charles, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, UK. Regional Innovation Systems and Innovation Networks, Chair: Prof. Christina Ponsiglione, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Mobility and Innovation Flows, Chair: Prof. Teresa de Noronha, Research Centre for spatial and Organizational Dynamics (CIEO), University of Algarve, Portugal and Academics Entrepreneurship and Innovation – bridging perspectives and pushing the frontier, Chairs: Prof. Martin Andersson and Prof. Åsa Lindholm-Dahlstrand, Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden. Uddevalla Symposiumis a yearly international scientific symposium ran by University West (former University of Trollhättan-Uddevalla), Sweden and established in 1998 in Uddevalla, Sweden. The primary objective is to foster research collaboration and bring together leading-edge views between experts, researchers and insightful practitioners from various fields of regional science, international business, economics, entrepreneurship and small business economics as well as from regional economics, regional planning, economic geography/economic history/political science and sociology in order to increase our knowledge as regards research questions related to “Entrepreneurship  and Regional Development".

        Organizers of this 15^th Uddevalla Symposium were the University West, Sweden and the CIEO, at University of Algarve, in co-operation with Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), and George Mason University, School of Public Policy, USA. The symposium was also financial supported by the Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovations Studies (CESIS), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and Jönköping International Business School; the Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.