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Evolutionary Economic Geography - Location of production and the European Union (Hardcover, New)
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Evolutionary Economic Geography - Location of production and the European Union (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
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The purpose of this book is to provide a guided tour through the
theoretical foundations of spatial locations of firms and
industries in an evolutionary economic framework. It addresses the
issues of how a location of business in geographical space is
selected and where economic activity may (re)locate in the future.
The analysis is in the context of technological progress,
innovation, disequilibrium and endemic uncertainty. Jovanovic
raises pertinent questions such as how willing, motivated and able
firms (and governments) are to adapt to constantly evolving new
opportunities and challenges over time and to experiment and
translate these perceptions into profitable actions. How is their
'competitive position' evolving relative to others and changing
over time when faced with a stream of constantly arriving new
opportunities, threats and obstacles? Considerations are always
supported with a plethora of examples and cases from real life.
Jovanovic argues that the economy is a complex and constantly
adaptive system which is almost always outside equilibrium.
Building on this, he suggests that there is an important lacuna in
our understanding of evolutionary spatial economics and that there
is much space for further multidisciplinary research in this
academic and practical area. This book offers an evolutionary and
disequilibrium analysis of the subject and makes parallels, where
appropriate and possible, among economics, geography, physics,
biology and art. It considers key areas in theory, market and
production structure, spatial location of domestic and foreign
firms, as well as regional policy. In addition, there are
references to policy intervention; importance of investment in
local social stability, education and training; as well as to
uncontrollable variables that are beyond the influence of firms,
industries, regions or public authorities. The author offers
various evolutionary insights and alternatives to the pure
neoclassical equilibrium economic model.
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