Bjorn (Hrsg.) Asheim

Clusters and Regional Development

Critical Reflections and Explorations

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Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations. Over the past decade the a ~cluster modela (TM) has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. However, despite its popularity there is much about it that is problematic, and in some respects the rush to employ a ~cluster ideasa (TM) has run ahead of many fundamental conceptual, theoretical and empirical questions. Addressing key ques… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Cooke, Philip (Hrsg.) / Martin, Ron (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-134-27359-1
EAN: 9781134273591
Produktnummer: 14828706
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'504 KB
Abbildungen: 3 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 10 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 13 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Bjorn Asheim is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Lund, Sweden, and Professor at the Centre of Technology, Innovation, and Culture, University of Oslo, His research interests include international comparisons of creative cities, clusters and regional innovation systems. Philip Cooke is University Research Professor and founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff. His research interests lie in studies of economics of biotechnology, regional innovation systems, knowledge economies, and policy actions for business clusters and networks Ron Martin is Professor of Economic Geography and Fellow of the Cambridge-MIT Institute at the University of Cambridge. His research covers the theory and empirics of regional growth and competitiveness, local labour markets, the geographies of money and finance, and the spatial evolution of the 'new economy'.