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Makeshift work in a changing labour market : the Swedish model in the post-financial crisis era

Garsten, Christina (contributor); … - 2015

'Whatever happened to the Swedish model? Once the prime example of a Nordic welfare state, Sweden's labour market is …, Sweden. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, people who had never before had cause to worry about losing their … jobs entered the ranks of the unemployed for the first time. In Sweden, the welfare state has been radically challenged and …

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

contingent employment in Sweden -- 5. Contingent employment in Spain -- 6. Contingent employment in Germany -- 7. Flexible …

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A theory of local entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy

Julien, Pierre-André - 2007

pt. 1. Context : the knowledge economy and different dynamics -- pt. 2. The main actors : entrepreneurs, organizations and milieux : their capacity to develop knowledge -- pt. 3. The factors : information, networks and innovation : necessary and sufficient conditions for entrepreneurship -- pt....

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Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy

Meadows, G. Richard (contributor); Sugden, Roger (contributor) - Institute-Milwaukee Workshop on Urban and Regional … - 2003

There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a 'globalised' economy, facilitated by and associated with 'new' technologies and practices. There is a further...

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Spatial scenarios in a global perspective : Europe and the Latin Arc countries

Camagni, Roberto (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2011

This up-to-date and insightful book presents post-crisis scenarios for European regions with new methodologies and tools to support quantitative assessment and foresight. The aim is to develop regional forecasting methodologies and tools, appropriate to the regional-local scale but consistent...

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Regional economies as knowledge laboratories

Piccaluga, Andrea (contributor); … - 2004

Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and...

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Building knowledge regions in North America : emerging technology innovation poles

Corona Treviño, Leonel - 2006

Focusing on emerging technology regions of the US, Canada and Mexico, the authors provide an analysis of firms' innovative milieus in three contexts: national systems of innovation, knowledge regions and incubation mechanisms. An overview of the evolution of each region over the past quarter...

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Media clusters : spatial agglomeration and content capabilities

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - 2011

This impressive new book uniquely focuses on the phenomenon of media clusters and is designed to inform policy makers, scholars, and media practitioners about the underlying challenges of media firm agglomerations, their potential, and their effects

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Agglomeration, clusters and entrepreneurship : studies in regional economic development

Johansson, Börje (contributor); … - 2014

Regional economic development has experienced considerable dynamism over recent years. Perhaps the most notable cases were the rise of China and India to emergent country status by the turn of the millennium. With time now for hindsight, this book identifies some of the key forces behind these...

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Innovation, agglomeration and regional competition

Johansson, Börje (contributor); … - 2009

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between...

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