Global scientific literature widely deals with analysis of regional innovative systems and their contribution to economic growth. Modern theories and empirical researches indicate strong correlation between the technical progress, creative human resources, toleration and capital investments. New investments are basic but not sufficient condition for balancing the developmental stimulation. Capital, linked with investment activities, natural (material) resources and human resources (work, knowledge, information) are main driving forces of the economic progress. New forms of investments today are strongly connected with population educational structure and knowledge, therefore investments do not occur everywhere, simultaneously and equally.Knjiga govori o povezanosti regionalnih inovacijskih sistemov in njihovega prispevka h gospodarski rasti na nekem področju. V sodobnih teorijah in empiričnih raziskavah lahko najdemo jasne dokaze o tesni medsebojni povezanosti tehnološkega napredka, ustvarjalnih človeških virov, tolerantnosti in investiranja kapitala, pri čemer so investicije zgolj odsev ter temeljni, ne pa tudi zadostni pogoj k uravnavanju razvojnih spodbud. Kapital, povezan z investicijskimi aktivnostmi, je skupaj z naravnimi (surovine) in človeškimi (delo, znanje in informacije) viri eden izmed ključnih dejavnikov gospodarskega napredka. Geografska analiza ustvarjalnosti in naložb kot pomembnih razvojnih dejavnikov je pokazala, da je njuna razporeditev skoraj identična.