and regional disparity. This comprehensive book focuses on the link between these economic reforms and the causes …--and ultimately the implications--of regional inequalities in the most populous country in the world … analysis of regional disparity in the transition period -- 3. Provincial economic growth in China : causes and consequences of …

linkages between regions in China, and regional policy since 1949, will prove an invaluable and illuminating account to a wide … readership. This will include academics and researchers of Chinese studies and regional economics as well as policy-makers in the …

USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning …

with an academic or professional interest in business and management, entrepreneurship and regional development …

1. Economic 'prosperity' and 'globalisation' : an agenda and perspective -- 2. The problem of regional 'hollowing out …' in Japan : lessons for regional industrial policy -- 3. Regional prosperity in a globalised economy : evidence from … regional concentration of business operations -- 8. Why do biotechnology firms cluster? : some possible explanations -- 9 …

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 with a general EU-wide approach. This effort is particularly important in a …pt. 1. Scenarios for European regions in a period of economic crisis -- pt. 2. Scenarios at sub-regional level : the …

the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis … knowledge creation, and knowledge ethics--are leading to a perception that regional economies increasingly resemble knowledge … facts in biotechnology in Europe and the United States -- 4. Knowledge intensive business services and regional development …

science parks and technology incubators in various regional and national environments …. US technology infrastructure and the development of regional innovation poles through incubation mechanisms -- 3. Canada …'s innovation poles and their role as technology incubation spaces -- 4. Mexico : the challenge to create regional innovative …

Regional economic development has experienced considerable dynamism over recent years. Perhaps the most notable cases … consider the role of agglomeration, clusters and entrepreneurship in regional economic development within a global market … empirical analyses. Academics, students, researchers and policymakers in the fields of entrepreneurship, regional development …