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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$40.00
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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$40.00
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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$40.00
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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$40.00
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The Economic Prospects of the CIS
Edited by Gur Ofer, Richard Pomfret
This book brings together ten original studies on the transition and growth experience and the foundations for long-term growth of the newly independent states created by the dissolution of the Soviet Union.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Industrial Location Economics
Edited by Philip McCann
Because space is not homogenous, economic activities occur in different locations. Understanding the reasons behind this and understanding exactly how industries are spatially organized is the central theme of this book. Industrial Locat... -
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Private Property in the 21st Century
Edited by Harvey M. Jacobs
Private property is central to American character, culture and democracy. The founding fathers understood it as key to the liberties America was designed to foster. However, over the last 200 years what one owns has evolved; ownership is...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cooperation, Networks and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems
Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Thomas Brenner
This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of ... -
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Economic Convergence and Divergence in Europe
Edited by Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Peter Mooslechner
This highly topical book addresses the challenge of economic convergence within Europe, beginning with a thorough review of the theory of growth and related empirical research. Historical and more recent economic developments within the ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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From Industrial Districts to Local Development
Giacomo Becattini, Marco Bellandi, Gabi Dei Ottati, Fabio Sforzi
From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the ‘Florence school’ to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the... -
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Russian Banking
Edited by David Lane
Russian Banking considers the rise of commercial market-oriented banks in Russia, their links with government and non-financial companies and their role as intermediaries in the provision of finance for investment. The contributors expl... -
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Globalization, Universities and Issues of Sustainable Human Development
Edited by Jean L. Pyle, Robert Forrant
This volume raises an important question: Given the fast-changing global economy and the challenges it presents, what is the role for the university as an institution promoting sustainable human development? The editors begin by outlini...eBook:Find out more$40.00