| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy: A critical assessment; 2. What qualifies as a cluster theory?; 3. True clusters: A severe case of conceptual headache; 4. In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering: Agglomeration versus active clustering; 5. Cutting through the chaos: Towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters; 6. Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters |
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7. Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics8. Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness?; 9. The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion: An institutional perspective; 10. Do clusters 'think'?: An institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters; 11. Spaces of knowledge flows: Clusters in a global context; 12. Spatial and organizational patterns of labor markets in industrial clusters: The case of Holl |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203640890 |
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0203640896 |
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