The associational economy : firms, regions, and innovation
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The associational economy : firms, regions, and innovation
Oxford University Press, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index
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Description
Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan explore important issues of corporate reorganization in the context of heightened global competition. Their special focus is upon how firms associate with regional milieux. Innovation is a key factor in corporate and regional economic performance and the authors show how interactive innovation based on collective learning and associative practices are becoming increasingly significant. In-depth studies of inter-firm and firm-agency
interactions are presented for four European regions: Baden-Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna as accomplished regional economies; Wales and the Basque Country as learning regions. The book is theoretically informed by an evolutionary economics perspective and draws policy conclusions which emphasise the
importance of decentralized industrial policy in support of both corporate and regional economic development ambitions. It concludes that the associational economy may be the `third way' between state and market co-ordination of modern economies.
Table of Contents
- The Associational Economy: Introduction
- 1. the Institutions of Innovation
- 2. Firms as Laboratories: Re-inventing the Corporation
- 3. The Region as a Nexus of Learning Processes
- 4. Baden-WD"u rttemberg: The Evolution of a Model Region
- 5. Emilia-Romagna: From Civic Culture to Global Networks
- 6. Wales: Innovating through GlobalLocal Interaction
- 7. The Basque Conundrum: Regional Autonomy and Economic Decline
- 8. Evolutionary Processes and Regional Practices
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