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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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Full employment abandoned : shifting sands and policy failures

Mitchell, William - 2008

This book dismantles the arguments used by policy makers to justify the abandonment of full employment as a valid goal …Full employment: changing views and policies. The full employment framework and its demise ; Early views on … undermined full employment -- Full employment abandoned: shifting sands and policy failures. The shift to full employability …

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Measuring more than money : the social economics of job quality

Munõz de Bustillo, Rafael (contributor) - 2011

Job quality is a crucial link between the economy and well-being. This original book proves that it can and should be measured, proposing a theoretically based multidimensional "Index of Job Quality" that is tested in the EU member States. The index proves particularly useful to measure the...

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Full employment in Europe : managing labour market transitions and risks

Schmid, Günther - 2008

employment options in critical events over the life course - are an essential ingredient of modern full employment strategies …. After assessing the European Employment Strategy, this book offers a detailed comparative analysis of employment performance … for selected European member states and the United States. It suggests that successful employment systems arise from a new …

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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence

Vivarelli, Marco - 1995

The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical … Employment addresses the impact of technical change on employment from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. After an … results are combined to demonstrate that the employment impact of labour saving technologies can only be partially counter …

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Essays in economic theory, growth, and labour markets : a festschrift in honour of E. Drandakis

Drandakis, Emmanuel (honouree); Bitros, George (ed.); … - 2002

The distinguished contributors in this volume provide a variety of essays, which are written in honor of Emmanuel Drandakis. These essays fall into four uniform areas of economics: economic growth, general equilibrium, labor economics and game theory and applications. The editors focus on a...

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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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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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