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Clusters in Urban and Regional Development (Paperback)
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Clusters in Urban and Regional Development (Paperback)
Series: Urban Studies Monographs
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Clusters have become a key focus of urban and regional policy in
advanced economies as regional specialisation in particular
industries has come to be regarded as advantageous in the context
of debates about globalization and the knowledge economy. In
particular, spatial proximity between associated firms and
organisations facilities is claimed to stimulate processes of
innovation and learning. Consequently, governments have promoted
dynamic clusters as a means of generating competitive advantage in
particular cities and regions. In this collection, these claims are
critically assessed by drawing upon the work of leading specialists
from Western Europe and North America. Going beyond the celebrated
'hot-spots' of economic development, the book draws upon evidence
from a broader range of cities and regions to help fill some
important gaps in our knowledge of how clusters operate within the
contemporary global economy. Cluster dynamics are situated in time
and space; interrogating both how firms, organisations and actors
within clusters adapt to changes over time, and how clusters are
embedded within broader spatial divisions of labour at regional,
national and international scales. This book was previously
published as a special issue of the journal Urban Studies.
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