Regional Economics
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Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness
Edited by Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson
The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the contemporary theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make ...eBook:Find out more$63.96
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Economic Crisis and the Resilience of Regions
Edited by Gillian Bristow, Adrian Healy
The economic crisis of 2008-9 heralded the most severe economic downturn in the history of the European Union. Yet not all regions experienced economic decline and rates of recovery have varied greatly. This has raised new questions abou...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects
Lasse Gerrits, Stefan Verweij
Infrastructure projects are notoriously hard to manage so it is important that society learns from the successes and mistakes made over time. However, most evaluation methods run into a conundrum: either they cover a large number of proj...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Resilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics
Edited by Tüzin Baycan, Hugo Pinto
Resilience has emerged as a recurrent notion to explain how territorial socio-economic systems adapt successfully (or not) to negative events. In this book, the authors use resilience as a bridging notion to connect different types of th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Edited by Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson, Iréne Bernhard
Developed countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals. This book focuses on two specific but interrelated aspects of innovation by incumbent fir...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship
Edited by Luciana Lazzeretti, Marilena Vecco
This book investigates the evolving paradigm of creative industries and creative entrepreneurship, and their related economy over time. It explores different stages of the paradigm diffusion in ‘first generation countries’ such as the US...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalization, International Spillovers and Sectoral Changes
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett, Tina Wallin
As a consequence of globalization, news, ideas and knowledge are moving quickly across national borders and generating international spillovers. So too, however, are economic and financial crises. Combining a variety of methods, concepts...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries
Edited by Alexandra Tsvetkova, Jana Schmutzler, Marcela Suarez, Alessandra Faggian
This edited work offers a multidisciplinary perspective on innovation challenges and innovative practices in the context of developing and transition countries. The contributions mostly embrace a national innovation system approach in an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Time, Space and Capital
Åke E. Andersson, David Emanuel Andersson
In this challenging book, the authors demonstrate that economists tend to misunderstand capital. Frank Knight was an exception, as he argued that because all resources are more or less durable and have uncertain future uses they can cons...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich
Edited by Iain Hay, Jonathan V. Beaverstock
Fewer than 100 people own and control more wealth than 50 per cent of the world’s population. The Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich is a unique examination of both the lives and lifestyles of the super-rich, as well as the processes ...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Geographies of Growth
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke
Today we can observe an increasing spatial divide as some large urban regions and many more medium-sized and small regions face growing problems such as decreasing labour demand, increasing unemployment and an ageing population. In view ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Input–Output Analysis
Edited by Thijs ten Raa
In this authoritative Handbook, leading experts from international statistical offices and universities explain in detail the treatment and role of input-output statistics in the System of National Accounts. Furthermore, they address the...eBook:Find out more$65.00