Urban and Regional Studies
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Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Management
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Per Flensburg, Sven-Åke Hörte
This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms’ capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is s...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Property Rights, Planning and Markets
Chris Webster, Lawrence W.-C. Lai
This book represents a major innovation in the institutional analysis of cities and their planning, management and governance. Using concepts of transaction costs and property rights, the work shows systematically how urban order evolves...eBook:Find out more£38.36
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On the Edge of the Global Economy
Edited by Jacques Poot
On the Edge of the Global Economy contends that despite growing global economic integration, some nations continue to be disadvantaged by remoteness, low connectivity, a small-scale economy and low population density. The book concludes ... -
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Innovation, Space and Economic Development
Peter Nijkamp
This collection brings together Peter Nijkamp’s work in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, growth and spatial development. -
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Location, Travel and Information Technology
Peter Nijkamp
This important book collects together Peter Nijkamp’s work on spatial-economic markets, particularly housing and labour markets, and the increasing impact of information technology on mobility and the location of firms, residents and job... -
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Transport Systems and Policy
Peter Nijkamp
Transport and mobility are critical for the economic development of cities and regions and are a key factor in achieving sustained economic growth. This collection brings together Peter Nijkamp’s influential work in the areas of transpor... -
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Industrial Districts
Giacomo Becattini
This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial development, based on well-known industrial districts analys...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Globalization and the Location of Firms
Edited by John Cantwell
This authoritative collection reprints the key articles in the field of locational clustering, and the relationship between local clusters and the activities of multinational firms. It covers both the principal theoretical and statistica... -
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development
Edited by Henri L.F. de Groot, Peter Nijkamp, Roger R. Stough
In a shrinking and increasingly globalised world, it is vital for any entrepreneur to carefully select the location at which production or other economic activities will occur. This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of e...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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City Taxes, City Spending
Edited by Amy Ellen Schwartz
An illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Regionalism in Global Trade
Dilip K. Das
This comprehensive book addresses one of the most important aspects of international trade, namely, regional trade and regional integration agreements (RIAs). The focus of intense global interest and debate over the last decade, RIAs hav...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Multinational Firms’ Location and the New Economic Geography
Edited by Jean-Louis Mucchielli, Thierry Mayer
This book analyses how foreign direct investors choose their locations, whilst exploring the forces which shape international economic geography. Although these two issues are, to some extent, inter-related, researchers have only recentl...eBook:Find out more£25.00