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Knowledge Economies
Routledge 2001; US$ 234.00This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources. more...
RISE OF THE RUSTBELT
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 118.00The Rise of the Rustbelt demonstrates the value of interchange and comparison of ideas and policies for industrial regeneration between three major regions: the Great Lakes of North America, the Ruhrgebiet of North-Rhine-Westphalia, and the industrial belt of South Wales. The top priority of these areas is to conserve and retain their status as industrial... more...
The Legacy of the Italian Resistance
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00In this rich and detailed interdisciplinary study, Philip Cooke explores the enduring and contested legacy of the Italian Resistance movement. This book scrutinizes the ambivalent and shifting attitudes toward the movement held by the major Italian political parties and the State, caught up as they were in an ambitious project to build a new nation... more...
Re-framing Regional Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 145.00Turbulence characterises the current global scene. This book uses complementary theoretical approaches to understand and help prescribe policies to ?re-frame? the regional development problem in turbulent times. These approaches are: evolutionary complexity; evolutionary economic geography; emergence theory; and resilience theory. From below, they... more...
Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95International contributors provide the first examination of the growing subject of regional knowledge-economy development. Illustrated by data and 'stylized' accounts, the international contributors chart the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work and criticize accepted theories and inform how places can cope in... more...
Creative Regions
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 42.95This unique book focuses on regional creativity, analysing the different factors that can affect creativity and innovation process within regions in the knowledge economy. Approaching creativity from technological, organizational and regional viewpoints, it attempts to break down the influence of oppositional approaches and take account of multi-level... more...
Regional Innovation Systems
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 44.95Set within a broadly economics perspective, this study provides accounts of the systems interactions occurring between firms and the innovation support infrastructure. Cases are drawn from Asia, North America and Europe. more...
Clusters and Regional Development
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations. Over the past decade the ?cluster model? has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation... more...
Platforms of Innovation
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 40.00This ground-breaking book offers a coherent theoretical analysis of contemporary industrial knowledge flow dynamics. Furthermore, it advances wide-ranging and varied empirical findings from international comparative research which demonstrate that knowledge cross-pollination, often from industrially unrelated business sectors, is now commonplace in... more...
Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 60.00Today, economic growth is widely understood to be conditioned by productivity increases which are, in turn, profoundly affected by innovation. This volume explores these key relationships between innovation and growth, bringing together experts from both fields to compile a unique Handbook. The Handbook considers innovation from fresh perspectives,... more...









