Clusters and regional development:critical reflections and explorations
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Routledge,
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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. |