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Indigenous Land Management in West Africa - An Environmental Balancing Act (Hardcover): Kathleen Baker Indigenous Land Management in West Africa - An Environmental Balancing Act (Hardcover)
Kathleen Baker
R6,307 R2,601 Discovery Miles 26 010 Save R3,706 (59%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines tropical resource management in West Africa. Drawing widely on field examples, it argues that more account should be taken of ecological conditions and indigenous land-use methods in decision making about tropical management projects.

Shocks, States, and Sustainability - The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms (Hardcover): Thomas K Rudel Shocks, States, and Sustainability - The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms (Hardcover)
Thomas K Rudel
R2,857 Discovery Miles 28 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For the past two decades, scientists have urged us to abandon fossil fuels as rapidly as possible and pursue a range of other environmental reforms to avert the many crises climate change will bring. The reforms have not occurred at the expected rate, and their absence raises questions about when they might occur. In Shocks, States, and Sustainability, Thomas K. Rudel addresses this question. He outlines a theory of environmental revolutions and when they will likely occur through a comparison of radical environmental reforms throughout the 20th century. By looking at farmers in the American Dust Bowl, land-use planners in post-war England, small farmers in post-Soviet Cuba, and lobster fishers along the coast of Maine, Rudel emphasizes how sudden focusing events can spur radical reforms by providing a fresh realization about the scarcity of natural resources. Shocks, States, and Sustainability explains how earth-shaking events like droughts, depressions, and wars can provide the foundations necessary for the pursuit of global sustainability.

The Implications of China-Taiwan Economic Liberalization (Paperback, New): Daniel Rosen, Zhi Wang The Implications of China-Taiwan Economic Liberalization (Paperback, New)
Daniel Rosen, Zhi Wang
R572 R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Save R58 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

China and Taiwan have built one of the most intertwined and important economic relationships in the world, and yet that relationship is not mutually open, compliant with World Trade Organization norms, or even fully institutionalized. What's more, despite massive trade and investment flows, the boundary between the two is a serious flashpoint for potential conflict. But leaders in Beijing and Taipei have committed to normalize and deepen their economic intercourse and open a new post-Cold War era in their relationship. While the political significance of this gambit has captured attention worldwide, the scope of opening intended and the bilateral, regional, and global effects likely to ensue are as yet poorly understood. This volume attempts to remedy that uncertainty with careful modeling combined with a qualitative assessment of the implications of the cross-strait economic opening now agreed in an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). The study explores the implications for Taiwan and China, for their neighbors, and for the United States if this undertaking is fully implemented by 2020.

Spaces of Global Capitalism - A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (Paperback): David Harvey Spaces of Global Capitalism - A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (Paperback)
David Harvey
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy. David Harvey, the single most important geographer writing today and a leading social theorist of our age, offers a comprehensive critique of contemporary capitalism. In this fascinating book, he shows the way forward for just such an understanding, enlarging upon the key themes in his recent work: the development of neoliberalism, the spread of inequalities across the globe, and 'space' as a key theoretical concept. Both a major declaration of a new research programme and a concise introduction to David Harvey's central concerns, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences.

Urban Gardening und Stadtentwicklung - Neue Orte fur konflikthafte Aushandlungsprozesse um stadtischen Raum (German, Paperback,... Urban Gardening und Stadtentwicklung - Neue Orte fur konflikthafte Aushandlungsprozesse um stadtischen Raum (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2017)
Amrei Biedermann, Anna-Lena Ripperger
R2,013 Discovery Miles 20 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Amrei Biedermann und Anna-Lena Ripperger untersuchen das Phanomen Urban Gardening unter Bezugnahme auf relevante Konzepte der Kritischen Stadtgeographie. Davon ausgehend diskutieren sie die widerspruchliche und ambivalente Raumproduktion in den Urban-Gardening-Projekten Frankfurter Garten und Hafengarten Offenbach. Die empirischen Ergebnisse geben uber die Fallbeispiele hinaus einen Einblick in aktuelle Stadtentwicklungsprozesse.

Wertrelevanz Von Forschungs- Und Entwicklungskosten - Eine Empirische Untersuchung Boersennotierter Unternehmen in Deutschland... Wertrelevanz Von Forschungs- Und Entwicklungskosten - Eine Empirische Untersuchung Boersennotierter Unternehmen in Deutschland (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2017 ed.)
Carola Rinker
R1,742 Discovery Miles 17 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Raumliche Analyse und Visualisierung von Mietpreisdaten - Untersuchungen im Anwendungskontext von Immobilienportalen (German,... Raumliche Analyse und Visualisierung von Mietpreisdaten - Untersuchungen im Anwendungskontext von Immobilienportalen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2017)
Harald Schernthanner
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Harald Schernthanner verfolgt das Ziel, aus geoinformatischer Sicht eine konzeptionelle Grundlage zur raumlichen Optimierung von Immobilienportalen zu schaffen. Dabei geht der Autor davon aus, dass Verfahren der raumlichen Statistik und des maschinellen Lernens zur Mietpreisschatzung sich besser als die bisher eingesetzten Verfahren der hedonischen Regression zur raumlichen Optimierung von Immobilienportalen eignen. Er zeigt, dass die von Immobilienportalen publizierten webbasierten Mietpreiskarten nicht die tatsachlichen raumlichen Verhaltnisse auf Immobilienmarkten wiedergeben. Alternative webbasierte Darstellungsformen, wie beispielsweise "Gridmaps", sind dem Status quo der Immobilienpreiskarten von Immobilienportalen uberlegen und visualisieren die tatsachlichen raumlichen Verhaltnisse von Immobilienpreisen zweckmassiger.

Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization (Paperback): Ash Amin, Joanne Roberts Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization (Paperback)
Ash Amin, Joanne Roberts
R1,827 Discovery Miles 18 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It has long been an interest of researchers in economics, sociology, organization studies, and economic geography to understand how firms innovate. Most recently, this interest has begun to examine the micro-processes of work and organization that sustain social creativity, emphasizing the learning and knowing through action when social actors and technologies come together in 'communities of practice'; everyday interactions of common purpose and mutual obligation. These communities are said to spark both incremental and radical innovation. In the book, leading international scholars critically examine the concept of communities of practice and its applications in different spatial, organizational, and creative settings. Chapters examine the development of the concept, the link between situated practice and different types of creative outcome, the interface between spatial and relational proximity, and the organizational demands of learning and knowing through communities of practice. More widely, the chapters examine the compatibility between markets, knowledge capitalism, and community; seemingly in conflict with each other, but discursively not. Exploring the frontiers of current understanding of situated knowing and learning, this book is for all those interested in the economic sociology of organizational creativity and knowledge capitalism in general.

Resilienz komplexer Regionalsysteme - Brunsbuttel zwischen Lock-in und Lernprozessen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2016):... Resilienz komplexer Regionalsysteme - Brunsbuttel zwischen Lock-in und Lernprozessen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2016)
Barbara Weig
R2,036 Discovery Miles 20 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Barbara Weig schlagt im vorliegenden Buch eine Brucke zwischen Theorie und Empirie, indem sie zunachst das Konzept der Evolutionaren Wirtschaftsgeographie kritisch diskutiert und um einen konzeptionellen Ansatz zur Analyse Regionaler Resilienz erweitert. Im zweiten Teil des Buches untersucht die Autorin am Fallbeispiel Brunsbuttel, welches Systemverhalten und welche Systemeigenschaften foerderlich und welche hinderlich fur den Aufbau von Regionaler Resilienz sind. In Zeiten von Wandel und Unsicherheit ist eine Eigenschaft komplexer Regionalsysteme von besonderer Bedeutung: die Fahigkeit, Resilienz zu entwickeln. Resilienz bedeutet flexibel auf UEberraschungen reagieren zu koennen, anpassungsfahig zu sein und sich endogen weiter zu entwickeln. Dies trifft insbesondere auf regionale Wirtschaftssysteme zu.

Hafenoekonomien im Ostseeraum - Seehafencontainerterminals als Schnittstellen in internationalen Transportlogistikablaufen... Hafenoekonomien im Ostseeraum - Seehafencontainerterminals als Schnittstellen in internationalen Transportlogistikablaufen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2016)
Michael Bar
R2,139 Discovery Miles 21 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Michael Bar untersucht Strukturen von Containerseehafen im Ostseeraum, denn Containerterminals sind wichtige Schnittstellen bei der raumlichen Ausdehnung weltweit organisierter Transportlogistikablaufe. Der Autor nimmt eine Analyse zur logistischen Integration von Containerterminals des Schifffahrtsgebiets Ostseeraum als Schnittstellen in internationalen Transportlogistikablaufen vor und zieht dabei Ansatze zur Erklarung globaler Wertschoepfungs- und Warenketten heran. Das verbindende Element ergibt sich aus der Annahme, dass kettenartige Transportablaufe mit Aussagen dieser theoretischen Erklarungsansatze unterlegt werden koennen.

Labor in a New Land - Economy and Society in Seventeenth-Century Springfield (Hardcover): Stephen Innes Labor in a New Land - Economy and Society in Seventeenth-Century Springfield (Hardcover)
Stephen Innes
R2,614 Discovery Miles 26 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Stephen Innes studies the relationship between work, land, and community in seventeenth-century Springfield, Massachusetts. Using analytical concepts drawn from anthropology--dependence, mediation, and clientage--he shows that the town was a highly commercialized, developmental community contrasting sharply with the communal, quietistic models that currently form our image of early New England. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mortal No - Death and the Modern Imagination (Hardcover): Frederick John Hoffman Mortal No - Death and the Modern Imagination (Hardcover)
Frederick John Hoffman
R6,145 Discovery Miles 61 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Using examples from modem writers the author examines the impact of death using the concepts of grace, violence and self. Originally published in 1954. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Peruvian Industrial Labor Force (Hardcover): David Chaplin The Peruvian Industrial Labor Force (Hardcover)
David Chaplin
R4,256 Discovery Miles 42 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a sociological analysis of change and mobility in the labor force of thirteen of the largest textile factories in Peru. The book explores demographic and social variables such as age, sex, birthplace, migration, seniority, current and former occupations, and employment status as possible indices of rationality in the Peruvian labor market. There are two especially striking empirical findings: the Peruvian textile industry has not been plagued by the high levels of labor turnover generally assumed to be inevitable in underdeveloped countries; since 1955 women are being shut out of better-paying manufacturing jobs because of welfare laws that make them more expensive to employ than men. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Structural Change in a Developing Economy - Colombia's Problems and Prospects (Hardcover): Richard R. Nelson, T. Paul... Structural Change in a Developing Economy - Colombia's Problems and Prospects (Hardcover)
Richard R. Nelson, T. Paul Schultz, Robert L. Slighton
R4,251 Discovery Miles 42 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book deals with specific problems in Colombia as a means of exploring interrelated theoretical themes in the development process. Demographic and political as well as specifically economic variables arc given consideration in the authors' analysis of the constraints on the growth of Colombia's modern sector. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Work-Life Advantage - Sustaining Regional Learning and Innovation (Hardcover): A James Work-Life Advantage - Sustaining Regional Learning and Innovation (Hardcover)
A James
R1,788 Discovery Miles 17 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Work-Life Advantage analyses how employer-provision of family-friendly working arrangements - designed to help workers better reconcile work, home and family - can also enhance firms capacities for learning and innovation, in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage and socially inclusive growth. * Brings together major debates in labour geography, feminist geography, and regional learning in novel ways, through a focus on the shifting boundaries between work, home, and family * Addresses a major gap in the scholarly research surrounding the narrow business case for work-life balance by developing a more socially progressive, workerist dual agenda * Challenges and disrupts masculinist assumptions of the ideal worker and the associated labour market marginalization of workers with significant home and family commitments * Based on 10 years of research with over 300 IT workers and 150 IT firms in the UK and Ireland, with important insights for professional workers and knowledge-intensive companies around the world

Wirtschaftliche Resilienz in deutschsprachigen Regionen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2016): Rudiger Wink, Laura Kirchner,... Wirtschaftliche Resilienz in deutschsprachigen Regionen (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2016)
Rudiger Wink, Laura Kirchner, Florian Koch, Daniel Speda
R1,153 Discovery Miles 11 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Das vorliegende Buch vereinigt Fallstudien zur Krisenfestigkeit in acht deutschsprachigen Regionen mit jeweils unterschiedlichen strukturellen Voraussetzungen, Anpassungsstrategien und -instrumenten, Krisenerfahrungen und wirtschaftlichen Erfolgen. Im Vergleich zu anderen europaischen Landern wird die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den deutschsprachigen Landern Deutschland, OEsterreich und Schweiz wahrend des vergangenen Jahrzehnts positiv beurteilt. Beschaftigung und Exporte stiegen an, und das Wirtschaftswachstum sank lediglich relativ kurzfristig im unmittelbaren weltweiten Wirtschaftskrisenjahr 2009. Die Fallstudien basieren auf Experteninterviews in den jeweiligen Regionen und auf nationaler und europaischer Ebene sowie zwei Workshops mit Praktikern aus untersuchten Regionen in Baden-Wurttemberg und Sachsen. Zielgruppen fur das Buch sind zum einen Praktiker in Landesregierungen, regionalen und lokalen Wirtschaftsfoerderungen, Kammern und Verbanden und zum anderen regionalwissenschaftliche Forscher.

Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments - A Contribution to Global Debates (Hardcover): Deborah Sporton, David S.G.... Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments - A Contribution to Global Debates (Hardcover)
Deborah Sporton, David S.G. Thomas
R3,139 Discovery Miles 31 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource based livelihoods in the marginal, drought-prone Kalahari environment of southern Africa where access to land and natural resources reflects the outcome of a long history of competition, conflict, and territorial appropriation in which sustainable livelihoods are compromised by the commercial demands of the global economy. This book contributes to both academic and policy development debates which interface the social-environment nexus.

Miners Millhands Mountaineers - Industrialization Appalachian South (Paperback, 1st ed): Ronald D. Eller Miners Millhands Mountaineers - Industrialization Appalachian South (Paperback, 1st ed)
Ronald D. Eller
R906 Discovery Miles 9 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global City-Regions - Trends, Theory, Policy (Paperback, New Ed): Allen J. Scott Global City-Regions - Trends, Theory, Policy (Paperback, New Ed)
Allen J. Scott
R2,388 Discovery Miles 23 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There are now more than three hundred city-regions around the world with populations of more than one million. As globalization intensifies, these city-regions come to pose many new questions and problems. This book presents a highly-original and multifaceted review of these issues by some of the leading researchers in the field.

The Gravity Model in International Trade - Advances and Applications (Paperback): Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Steven Brakman The Gravity Model in International Trade - Advances and Applications (Paperback)
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Steven Brakman
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How do borders affect trade? Are cultural and institutional differences important for trade? Is environmental policy relevant to trade? How does one's income or wage relate to the fact that trade partners are nearby or far away? These are just some of the important questions that can be answered using the gravity model of international trade. This model predicts and explains bilateral trade flows in terms of the economic size and distance between trading partners (e.g. states, regions, countries, trading blocs). In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in this model and it is now one of the most widely applied tools in applied international economics. This book traces the history of the gravity model and takes stock of recent methodological and theoretical advances, including new approximations for multilateral trade resistance, insightful analyses of the measurement of economic distance and analyses of foreign direct investment.

Die Euro-Krise - Ursachen, Verlauf, Makrooekonomische Und Europarechtliche Aspekte Und Loesungen (German, Paperback): Norbert... Die Euro-Krise - Ursachen, Verlauf, Makrooekonomische Und Europarechtliche Aspekte Und Loesungen (German, Paperback)
Norbert Schuppan
R837 R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Save R112 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dieses Buch beschreibt und erklart erstmals und komplex die Staatsschuldenkrise der Europaischen Wahrungsunion. Es werden die Verursachung im Vorfeld der Grundung und die vor allem makrookonomische Entwicklung der Euro Krise in ihrer inneren Logik analysiert. Auf dieser Grundlage erfolgt die Darstellung der unterschiedlichen Instrumente der EU zur Stabilisierung sowie die Ableitung der notwendigen wirtschafts-, finanz- und geldpolitischen Schritte zur Erhaltung der Europaischen Wahrungsunion."

Infrastrukturmassnahmen fur den alpenquerenden und inneralpinen Gutertransport - Eine europarechtliche Analyse vor dem... Infrastrukturmassnahmen fur den alpenquerenden und inneralpinen Gutertransport - Eine europarechtliche Analyse vor dem Hintergrund der Alpenkonvention (German, Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Jennifer Heuck
R2,714 Discovery Miles 27 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Das steigende Guterverkehrsaufkommen in der Europaischen Union fuhrt zu Umweltbeeintrachtigungen, von denen der Alpenraum in besonderem Masse betroffen ist. Das vorliegende Werk geht der Frage nach, wie dem unter Berucksichtigung der Grundfreiheiten der Europaischen Union - insbesondere des freien Warenverkehrs - durch gezielte rechtliche Massnahmen begegnet werden kann. Zentrale Bedeutung kommt dabei den rechtlichen Bestimmungen zur Errichtung und Nutzung von Infrastrukturen fur den alpenquerenden und inneralpinen Guterverkehr zu, insbesondere der Alpenkonvention - einem volkerrechtlichen Abkommen zum Schutz und Erhalt der Alpen - und ihrem Verkehrsprotokoll, deren Vertrags- bzw. Unterzeichnerparteien die Europaische Union sowie die acht Alpenstaaten sind. Die Alpenkonvention und das Verkehrsprotokoll werden in dem Werk erstmals umfassend dargestellt und analysiert. Schliesslich zeigt die Untersuchung, welche rechtlichen Wirkungen das Verkehrsprotokoll, das die Europaische Union bisher lediglich unterzeichnet hat, im Falle seiner Ratifikation fur die Europaische Union entfalten wurde. "

Benchmarking Deutschland 2004 - Arbeitsmarkt Und Beschaftigung Bericht Der Bertelsmann Stiftung (German, Paperback, Softcover... Benchmarking Deutschland 2004 - Arbeitsmarkt Und Beschaftigung Bericht Der Bertelsmann Stiftung (German, Paperback, Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2004 ed.)
Werner Eichhorst, Eric Thode, Frank Winter
R2,148 Discovery Miles 21 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Der Bericht 2004 bringt die Analysen des ersten Benchmarking-Berichts von 2001 auf den neuesten Stand. Er untersucht anhand einer breiten Zusammenstellung von Zahlen und Fakten die Entwicklung von Beschaftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland im Vergleich zu den OECD-Landern und geht der Frage nach, inwieweit konjunkturelle, in erster Linie aber institutionelle Faktoren hierauf einwirken. Konkret stellt der Bericht die wesentlichen Kennziffern aus den Bereichen Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik, Arbeitszeit- und Arbeitsmarktregulierung, Unternehmertatigkeit, Lohn- und Tarifpolitik, Bildung sowie Innovation und Makrookonomie dar. Insbesondere zeigt er auf, inwieweit die jungsten Reformen in Deutschland zur Behebung von Schwachen im deutschen Beschaftigungssystem beigetragen haben oder entsprechende Effekte zu erwarten sind und wo weiterhin Handlungsbedarf besteht. Daruber hinaus weist er auf bewahrte Praktiken im Ausland hin, die als Anregungen in die deutsche Reformdiskussion einfliessen konnten."

The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan (Hardcover): Thomas Keirstead The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan (Hardcover)
Thomas Keirstead
R2,525 Discovery Miles 25 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this reevaluation of the estate system, which has long been recognized as the central economic institution of medieval Japan, Thomas Keirstead argues that estates, or shoen, constituted more than a type of landownership. Through an examination of rent rolls, land registers, maps, and other data describing individual estates he reveals a cultural framework, one that produced and shaped meaning for residents and proprietors. Keirstead's discussion of peasant uprisings shows that the system, however, did not define a stable, closed structure, but was built upon contested terrain. Drawing on the works of Foucault,de Certeau, and Geertz, among others,this book illuminates the presuppositions about space and society that underwrote estate holding. It traces how the system reordered the social and physical landscape, establishing identity for both rulers and subjects. Estate holders, seeking to counter the fluid movement of populations across estate boundaries, pressed into service a social distinction between "peasants" and "wanderers." Peasant rebels made use of the fiction that the estate comprised a natural community in order to resist proprietorial exactions. In these instances, Keirstead contends, the estate system reveals its governing logic: social and political divisions were articulated in spatial terms; power was exercised (and contested) through geography. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Clusters, Networks, and Innovation (Paperback): Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba Clusters, Networks, and Innovation (Paperback)
Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba
R2,285 Discovery Miles 22 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Governments and regional authorities often express the belief that the key to prosperity and economic expansion is related to the ability of countries to sustain regional clusters of competitiveness and innovation. The book reviews the most important conceptual approaches to the analysis of the emergence, growth and evolution of clusters of innovation. Drawing from the different experiences of industrial districts and high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, Boston's biotech region, and Hsinchu-Taipei, the contributions in this book offer a broad interpretative framework and policy implications for the creation and strengthening of competitive clusters. Themes include: * the wide variety of existing clusters and the diversity in their emergence and growth; * the international mobility of factors and demand linkages; * the role of different network types and the social setting; * the accumulation of capabilities in key large actors and the importance of spinoffs and new firm formation; * the role of different learning regimes and sectoral specificities; * the importance of social networks, labour mobility, and face-to-face contacts as vehicles of knowledge spillovers. Broad implications are drawn for the design of policies to encourage successful economic clusters in developed and developing clusters.

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