Clusters and Globalisation: The Development of Urban and Regional EconomiesChristos Pitelis, Roger Sugden, James R. Wilson Edward Elgar Publishing, 1 ene 2006 - 336 páginas Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they requi |
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2 A conceptual framework for firm cooperation and clusters and their impact on productivity | 17 |
a framework for case studies | 61 |
4 A perspective on clusters localities and specific public goods | 96 |
5 Knowledge and clusters | 114 |
6 FDI clusters and knowledge sourcing | 133 |
between local governance and global regulation | 159 |
8 Local clusters trust confidence and proximity | 175 |
a terrain for employment relations | 196 |
a stage and eclectic approach applied to survival clusters in Central America | 215 |
North Staffordshire ceramic and Prato textile industries | 232 |
clusters versus spatial networks in the Basque Country | 258 |
13 Is distance dead? Hightech clusters analysis and policy perspectives | 281 |
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action activities actors agglomeration analysis architectural knowledge argue Audretsch Basque Country Basque government Becattini Bellandi biotech biotechnology Birmingham Business School Brusco centres ceramics Chapter characterised cluster associations cluster carriers cluster policy competitive advantage component knowledge concept confidence context cooperation coordination costs discussion Driffield dynamics economic development economic geography Edward Elgar employment relations enterprises European example framework geographical Gipuzkoa global globalisation Henry and Pinch high-tech impact important industrial clusters industrial districts Industriale innovation institutions inter-firm interaction investment issues Italy labour learning linkages literature locality manufacturing MNEs multinational networks North Staffordshire organisation Parrilli participating Penrosean perspective Pitelis potential Prato productive opportunity proximity Pseiridis regional relationships role Sarchí sector Sengenberger small firms SMEs social spatial specialised specific spillovers Stoke-on-Trent strategic decision structure Studies Sugden tacit knowledge territorial textile trust University University of Birmingham volume
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Página xiii - Association in the sense of connection and combination is a "law" of everything known to exist. Singular things act, but they act together. Nothing has been discovered which acts in entire isolatlon.