Regional Studies
-
Add to Wish List
International Knowledge and Innovation Networks
Riccardo Cappellin, Rüdiger Wink
This book explores the distinct nature of innovation in medium technology industrial sectors – which are the key to European international competitiveness – and examines the recent changes of networks within regional clusters.eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
The Hidden Enterprise Culture
Colin C. Williams
Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some or all of their trade on an ‘off-the-books’ basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this book provides the first detailed account of the vast and ubi...eBook:Find out more$62.36
-
Add to Wish List
Corporate Strategies in the Age of Regional Integration
Edited by Jong-Kil Kim, Pierre-Bruno Ruffini
This book presents various empirical analyses of cross border strategies adopted by global firms with a particular emphasis on the European and East Asian experiences. It also provides studies of the trends and prospects of regional econ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas
Gary Paul Green
Rural areas face numerous challenges in building a high-wage, high-skilled workforce. In response to these obstacles, many regions have established workforce development networks that provide stronger linkages between employers, schools,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
Global Regionalization
Edited by H. S. Geyer
Global Regionalization examines the astonishing political and economic changes that have completely reshaped the political geography of certain regions during the past fifteen years. It deals with the concept of global bloc formation, ex... -
Add to Wish List
Amenities and Rural Development
Edited by Gary Paul Green, Steven C. Deller, David D. Marcouiller
Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions. Amenity-based growth can lead to several paths, based largely on proximity ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
-
Add to Wish List
Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalised New Economy
Edited by Roger Sugden, Rita Hartung Cheng, G. Richard Meadows
There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a ‘globalised’ economy, facilitated by and associated...eBook:Find out more$59.96
-
Add to Wish List
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development
Michael Keating, John Loughlin, Kris Deschouwer
This book offers a systematic comparison of eight distinct regions and stateless nations, each with its own historical identity, but which is constantly being rebuilt in changing economic and political conditions. Avoiding economic or cu... -
Add to Wish List
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
-
Add to Wish List
Economic Reform in Japan
Edited by Craig Freedman
While many Western economists forcefully urge the Japanese to become more like the US, there are other academics who have registered strong reservations to such a simplistic solution. In this volume, noted scholars take opposing position...eBook:Find out more$40.00