Metropolitan growth has been dramatic in the past several decades, and today metropolitan regions are recognized as the main driving forces in national growth and development as well as in national and global innovation processes. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a better...

This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes...

Today's enterprises have to continuously extend their operational limits to earn profit, thrive and prosper. Over time evolution led to the development of two concepts to master this challenge: intelligence and knowledge. This work introduces a system theoretic perspective on enterprises,...

Offers an approach to overcome the crisis of management in the face of complexity. This book is a source for improvement of various kinds of organizations, private or public, non-profit, large or small

This contributed volume is the first book in English to offer a current and critical vision of regional problems and policies in the countries of Latin America. The book is in three main parts: a general overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America as a whole; country-level coverage...

Ein Blick in die Zukunft -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- Hybride Welten, partizipative Akteure -- Regional Governance zwischen Netzwerk und Hierarchie -- Bürgerbeteiligung und regionales Engagement -- Standort- und Regionalentwicklung -- China im Wandel.

Die Region als latenter Netzwerkpool -- Stakeholder als Ressourcengeber in regionalen Themennetzwerken -- Werte als Grundlage zur Wertgenerierung in Netzwerken -- Sozialkapital als netzwerkgebundene Ressource und regionale Kernkompetenz -- Zufriedenheit der Partner in Netzwerken -- Triangulation...