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Productivity, innovation, and knowledge in services : new economic and socio-economic approaches
Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor); Gadrey, J. (contributor) - 2002
Written by some of the most distinguished authors in the field, this book elucidates the critical and complex relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain service productivity and innovation, and call for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851223
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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
perspectives on the prosperity of a region : a personal reflection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850624
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850693
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Industrial location economics
McCann, Philip (contributor) - 2002
Because space is not homogenous, economic activities occur in different locations. Understanding the reasons behind this and understanding exactly how industries are spatially organized is the central theme of this book. Industrial Location Economics discusses different aspects of industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851118
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The rise of Asia : the 'flying-geese' theory of tandem growth and regional agglomeration
Ozawa, Terutomo - 2009
Terutomo Ozawa introduces a newly reformulated theory of 'flying-geese' economic development, exploring Asia's dynamic … growth and financial development. This unique book shows how the flying-geese theory can be expanded and applied to both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852085
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The economics of networks
Casson, Mark (contributor); Della Giusta, Marina (contributor) - 2008
Games are too Dangerous', Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 5 (4), December, 311-41 -- Mark Casson and … Region, 1850-1885', in John F. Wilson (ed) and Andrew Popp (ed) (eds), Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks in …: An Application of Option Theory to Participation in Village-Based Migration Networks', International Migration Review, 37 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852244
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Cooperation, networks, and institutions in regional innovation systems
Fornahl, Dirk (ed.); Brenner, Thomas (ed.) - 2003
This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of clusters which have reached different stages of maturity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473758
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International trade and transport : spatial structure and environmental quality in a global economy
Steininger, Karl W. - 2001
The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such … tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a … comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473881
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Linkages between China's regions : measurement and policy
Groenewold, Nicolaas; Chen, Anping; Lee, Guoping - 2008
region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474079
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594