The associational economy : firms, regions, and innovation
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Bibliographic Information
The associational economy : firms, regions, and innovation
Oxford University Press, 2000, c1998
- : pbk
Available at 14 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published 1998, reprinted new as paperback 2000"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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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