The economics of regional clusters : networks, technology and policy

Author(s)

• Blien, Uwe
• Maier, Gunther

Bibliographic Information

The economics of regional clusters : networks, technology and policy

edited by Uwe Blien and Gunther Maier

（New horizons in regional science）

Edward Elgar, c2008

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This important book takes a critical view on regional industry clusters, in particular their identification and formation, and the policies which help create and support them. The distinguished international contributors comprehensively discuss the theoretical and empirical issues concerning clusters and cluster policy from a regional economic perspective. Based on a broad range of methods, the authors derive results about the existence and structure of regional industrial clusters and assess their contribution to the development of regions. As a whole, the book examines the hyperbole that often surrounds clusters by employing sound scientific evidence and rigorous analysis. Academics and advanced students of regional science, regional economics and economic geography will find the academic discussion of spatial concentrations of economic activities to be of much interest. Policymakers will also appreciate the critical approach taken towards the currently fashionable cluster policy.

Table of Contents

Contents: 1. The Starting Point Uwe Blien and Gunther Maier 2. Innovation Dynamics and the Structure and Evolution of Industrial Clusters Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann 3. First Steps Towards a Critical Appraisal of Clusters Andre Torre 4. A Network Based Approach Towards Industry Clustering Juan C. Duque and Sergio J. Rey 5. Industry-specific Spatial Agglomerations in Germany Thomas Brenner 6. Sectoral Concentration, Business Networks and Innovative Competences in East Germany - An Empirical Approach to Identify Economic Clusters Martin T.W. Rosenfeld, Peter Franz and Gerhard Heimpold 7. Clusters and the Spatial Structure of Wages in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil): A Multilevel Approach Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio 8. Measuring Specialisation and Concentration in Regional Clusters - An Empirical Analysis for Eastern Bavaria Joachim Moeller and Nicole Litzel 9. Inter-Firm Relations and Economic Clustering in the Dutch Randstad Region Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger and Otto Raspe 10. The Contribution of New and Young Firms to the Economic Development of Clusters in Germany: Comparative Analysis of a Growing, a Mature and a Declining Cluster Anne Otto and Stefan Koehler 11. On Building Clusters versus Leveraging Synergies in the Design of Innovation Policy for Developing Economies Edward Feser 12. Geographic Concentration of Sectors in the German Economy: Some Unpleasant Macroeconomic Evidence for Regional Cluster Policy Bjoern Alecke, Christoph Alsleben, Frank Scharr and Gerhard Untiedt 13. Clusters and Networks. . . Their Spell Has By No Means Been Broken! Martin Wrobel 14. Cluster Approaches to Local Economic Development: Conceptual Remarks and Case Studies from Lower Saxony, Germany Matthias Kiese Index

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Details

• NCID: BA86750744
• ISBN:
  • 9781847205155
• LCCN: 2008927699
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 311 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC79.D5
  • DC22 : 338.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Industrial clusters
  • LCSH : Regional economics
  • LCSH : industrial policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA71807724