Technological change and mature industrial regions : firms, knowledge and policy

edited by Mahtab Farshchi (University of West London), Odile Janne (lecturer in management, Birkbeck College, University of London), and Philip McCann (Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK)

Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also employs sociological analyses, business history approaches and technological analyses. It critically considers the identification and development of regional capabilities and regional policy initiatives for mature industrial areas in the context of globalisation and technological change. Specific cases from a range of different countries help to distinguish which aspects of mature regions' technology, knowledge or structure are region-specific, and which are more generally applicable to mature industrial regions throughout the world. The book will prove to be invaluable for academic researchers as well as government and policy communities

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Year of publication:	2009
Other Persons:	Farshchi, Mahtab Akhavan (ed.) ; Janne, Odile E. M. (ed.) ; McCann, Philip (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development \| Alte Industrieregion \| Old industrial region \| Regionalpolitik \| Regional policy \| Welt \| World \| Regionalwirtschaft \| Industriepolitik \| Technische Innovation \| 1950-2005

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
Series:	New horizons in regional science series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Part I: Mature regions: Technology, society and industrial structure -- 1. The problems of mature regions: An Introduction and overview / Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 2. Regional capabilities and industrial regeneration / Nick von Tunzelmann -- 3. Multinational firms and technological innovation: The 'global versus local' challenge / Simona Iammarino, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 4. Interdependence among the Brazilian states: An input-output approach / Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Eduardo Amaral Haddad and Edson Paulo Domingues -- 5. The changing structure of trade and interdependence in a mature economy: The us midwest / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and John B. Parr -- 6. Mature industries and declining regions: An analysis of the Spanish case / Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal -- Part II: Mature region-industry case studies -- 7. Birmingham's marshallian knowledge: A constraining geo-historical context for domestic saloon manufacturers? / Peter Clark -- 8. Life after longbridge? Crisis and restructuring in the west midlands auto cluster / David Bailey and Seiji Kobayashi -- 9. Massachusetts medical devices: Leveraging the region's capabilities / Michael H. Best -- 10. Economic restructuring, regional 'visioning' and the role of universities: The outcomes of an automobile plant closure in southern adelaide, australia / Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas -- 11. Maturity or decline of Italian industrial districts / Ivana Paniccia -- 12. Knowledge spillovers and industrial transformation: The west midlands and saxony automotive clusters / Odile E.M. Janne and Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi -- Part III: Regional policy and mature industrial regions -- 13. A cost-benefit approach to the assessment of regional policy / J. Kim Swales -- 14. Regional policies in Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A shift in paradigm? / Ilaria Mariotti -- 15. Innovation policy after the 'celtic tiger' / Declan Jordan and Eoin O'Leary -- 16. Grants and the location of foreign direct investment: Evidence from the UK regions / Colin Wren and Jonathan Jones -- 17. Cluster policy implementation and evaluation in Slovenia: Lessons from a transition economy / Anja Cotič Svetina, Marko Jaklič and Hugo Zagorsek -- 18. Lagging regions and policy options: The case of greece in the European context / Yannis Psycharis and George Petrakos -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-0541-4 ; 978-1-84720-089-1
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035305414 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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