This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems … cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of …

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing … why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which … regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic …

emphasise the efficiency effects of intense competition between firms, this book stresses that as the new economy becomes more … knowledge based, its development necessitates active intercorporate cooperation, especially in high technology sectors … US policy mix and corporate strategies -- 7. US firms in world finance -- 8. American alliance capitalism : flagship …

China's long-term economic success is driven by new firms, new sectors and new business practices. This book explores … the establishment of new private firms and listed companies, the development of knowledge industries, in particular the IT … of new firms and industries is facilitated by changes in business behaviour and institutions. Initial private exchange …

1. Introduction / Christos Pitelis, Roger Sugden and James R. Wilson -- 2. A conceptual framework for firm cooperation …

(1996), 'Japanese Firms and the Decision to Invest Abroad: Business Groups and Regional Core Networks', Review of Economics …

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … the pace and pattern of internationalization by US and Canadian high growth firms / David J. Maslach, Rod B. McNaughton … competitive at home and in foreign markets as stand-alone firms or as members of supplier and customer networks …