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Title Learning from clusters : a critical assessment from an economic-geographical perspective / edited by Ron A. Boschma and Robert C. Kloosterman
Published Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 427 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series GeoJournal library ; v. 80
GeoJournal library ; v. 80.
Contents The 'Cluster' Model -- A Systematic Perspective on Local Development -- Cluster Dynamics -- Embedded Local Growth: A Theory Taken too Far? -- Beyond the Learning Region: The Dialectics of Innovation and Culture in Territorial Development -- Economic Development, Institutions and Trust -- Social Capital and Regional Development: An Empirical Analysis of the Third Italy -- Regional Innovation Systems, Varieties of Capitalism and Non-Local Relations: Challenges from the Globalising Economy -- Delirious Rotterdam: The Formation of an Innovative Cluster of Architectural Firms -- Competitiveness in Regional Clusters. The Case of Océ's 'Knowledge Industry Clustering' Project -- Clustering, Learning and Regional Development -- The Impacts of ICT and Externalities on Urban Development -- Urban Milieux: From Theory to Empirical Findings -- The Spatial Clustering of Knowledge-Intensive Services: Computing Services in the Netherlands -- Dynamic Information Externalities and Employment Growth in the Netherlands -- New Regional Economics: About Virtual Agglomeration Effects -- 'Old' and 'New' Economy and Services -- Economic Capabilities and Strategic Clusters: New Perspectives for National and Regional Economic Policy -- Concluding Remarks -- Further Learning from Clusters
Summary "The topic of clustering is a central one in contemporary debates on the relationship between the global and the local. This book addresses both conceptual and empirical issues on clustering, learning and regional development. It represents the current state of affairs in this body of literature in a critical way and gives a unique overview of the latest developments."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer e-books
Subject Industrial location -- Congresses
Industrial clusters -- Congresses
Regional economics -- Congresses
Economic development -- Congresses
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
Industrial clusters.
Regional economics.
Economic development.
Technological innovations.
economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Cluster analysis.
Industrial location.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Technological innovations
Economic development
Industrial clusters
Industrial location
Regional economics
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
Economische geografie.
Genre/Form Electronic books
proceedings (reports)
Festschriften
Conference papers and proceedings
Feestbundels (vorm)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Festschriften.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Boschma, Ron A.
Kloosterman, Robert.
Lambooy, J. G.
LC no. 2007468806
ISBN 140203671X
9781402036712
1402036795
9781402036798
1280346884
9781280346880
9786610346882
6610346887