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Clusters and regional development : critical reflections and explorations / edited by Bjørn Asheim, Philip Cooke and Ron Martin.

Title
  1. Clusters and regional development : critical reflections and explorations / edited by Bjørn Asheim, Philip Cooke and Ron Martin.
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  1. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Additional authors
  1. Asheim, Bjørn Terje.
  2. Cooke, Philip (Philip N.)
  3. Martin, Ron (Ron L.)
Description
  1. xviii, 300 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. A critical assessment of the 'cluster model', underlining the need for proper theoretical analysis of its form, use and implications. Written by a panel of eminent scholars in the field, this book poses challenging and thought-provoking questions.
Series statement
  1. Regional development and public policy series
Uniform title
  1. Regions and cities 29.
Subject
  1. Conglomerados industriales
  2. Desarrollo económico
  3. Economic development
  4. Economía regional
  5. Espacio en economía
  6. Industrial clusters
  7. Planificación regional
  8. Regional economics
  9. Regional planning
  10. Space in economics
Genre/Form
  1. Aufsatzsammlung.
Contents
  1. The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment / Bjørn Asheim, Philip Cooke and Ron Martin -- What qualifies as a cluster theory? / Peter Maskell and Leïla Kebir -- True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache / Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power -- In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering / Fiorenza Belussi -- Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters / Ivana Paniccia -- Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters / Maryann Feldman and Johanna L. Francis -- Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics / Bart Nooteboom -- Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness? / James Simmie -- The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective / David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann -- Do clusters 'think'? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters / Michael Steiner -- Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context / Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf -- Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in industrial clusters : the case of Hollywood / Allen Scott -- When is proactive cluster policy appropriate? / G.M. Peter Swan -- Putting clusters in their place / Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Series numbered retrospectively.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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