Clusters and regional development:critical reflections and explorations

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Asheim Bjørn Terje.; Cooke Philip; (Philip N.); Martin Ron.; (Ron L.)
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Regions and cities
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Carrier Form: xviii, 300 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0415349141 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780415349147 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0203640896 (ebk.)
9780203640890 (ebk.)
Call Number: F061.5/C649
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment / Bjørn Asheim, Philip Cooke and Ron Martin -- What qualifies as a cluster theory? / Peter Maskell and Leïla Kebir -- True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache / Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power -- In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering / Fiorenza Belussi -- Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters / Ivana Paniccia -- Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters / Maryann Feldman and Johanna L. Francis -- Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics / Bart Nooteboom -- Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness? / James Simmie -- The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective / David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann -- Do clusters 'think'? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters / Michael Steiner -- Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context / Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf -- Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in industrial clusters : the case of Hollywood / Allen Scott -- When is proactive cluster policy appropriate? / G.M. Peter Swan -- Putting clusters in their place / Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth.