Regional Economics
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Urban Gråsjö, Sofia Wixe
Innovation and entrepreneurship are the prime drivers in the global economy. This scholarly book identifies some of the key forces behind innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time as it closes the gap between science and technolog...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities
Lily Kong, Ching Chia-ho, Chou Tsu-Lung
While global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics
Peter J. Rimmer
Encompassing China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, extending to Australasia and connecting with South Asia, the Asian-Pacific Rim forms the world’s most dynamic economic region. Comprehending the region’s logistical structure and...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Geographies of the Super-Rich
Edited by Iain Hay
This timely and path-breaking book brings together a group of distinguished and emerging international scholars to critically consider the geographical implications of the world’s super-rich, a privileged yet remarkably overlooked group.eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino
In this timely Handbook, seventeen renowned contributors from Asia, the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal with some of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies on cities and urban economies.eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Knowledge, Innovation and Space
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Roger R. Stough
The contributions in this volume extend our understanding about the different ways distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process which can then transform it into an economi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A World in Emergence
Allen J. Scott
Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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The Economics of Services
Jan Owen Jansson
Despite the fact that services have overtaken industry in terms of employment and GDP in developed countries, rigorous economic study of the service sector remains seriously neglected. The first edition of The Economics of Services initi...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity
Edited by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, Masahiro Kawai, Rajat M. Nag
This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless As...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Agglomeration, Clusters and Entrepreneurship
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger R. Stough
Regional economic development has experienced considerable dynamism over recent years. Perhaps the most notable cases were the rise of China and India to emergent country status by the turn of the millennium. With time now for hindsight,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regional Development and Proximity Relations
Edited by André Torre, Frédéric Wallet
The notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between region...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe
Mark Thissen, Frank van Oort, Dario Diodato, Arjan Ruijs
Regions economically differ from each other – they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in ...eBook:Find out more$40.00