Local economies and global competitiveness
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Local economies and global competitiveness
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hardback
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  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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- B.Dallago & C.Guglielmetti Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges
- C.Guglielmetti PART I: TERRITORIES, DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS Globalization and Local Economic Growth in South Africa, 1994 to 2004
- W.Naude, W.Krugell & M.Matthee Local Systems of Innovation and Globalization in South Africa
- M.Scerri Transition and Transplantation in Local Development Models: the Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta
- Z.Wang Cluster Development in Hungary: Searching for a 'Critical Mass' of Business via Cluster Mapping
- M.Szanyi , I.Iwasaki , P.Csizmadia , M.Illesy & C.Mako Local Government Corruption in Hungary
- Z.Szanto , I.Janos Toth & T.Cserpes Cluster Identification, Firm Culture and Cooperation Activities in an European Metropolitan Region: the Case of Nuremberg
- L.Eigenhuller, S.Fuchs, N.Litzel & J.Moeller Beyond Commons - New Perspectives and Role for Common Properties
- A.Gretter , I.Goio & G.Gios PART II: FIRMS, CONTEXT AND PROXIMITY Innovation Driven Growth: Analytical Issues and Policy Implications
- P.Carlo Padoan Considering the Social Impact of for-profit Innovation at the Local Level: the Cases of Grameen Bank and Microsoft
- Z.Acs, C.L.McNeely & J.Sany The Public Interest in Local Economic Development and Creativity: a Knowledge Governance Perspective
- S.Sacchetti & R.Sugden Local and Global Sourcing: Quality Heterogeneity and Firms' Efficiency
- G.Vittucci Marzetti, M.Luigia Segnana & C.Tomasi Outsourcing and Firm Productivity: Evidence for an Italian Local Production System
- D.Antonioli , M.Mazzanti , S.Montresor & P.Pini Index
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