Collaboration, among people, firms and in cross-sectoral partnerships, is at the heart of what is typically understood as the knowledge economy. And, innovation engages two very prominent but distinctive and potentially competitive collaborative models. The first model is that represented by...

Wal-Mart's exit from the German market in 2006 after 10 years of attempting to achieve sustainable competitive advantage contributes an interesting case to the small but expanding literature on failure in international investment. The work on the disinvest decision in all its forms has been...

. In this paper I will make the argument that increasing labor flexibility and, particularly, the trend toward more part-time or contingent work represents a structural change rather than a cyclical fluctuation. I will then briefly describe the characteristics of the contemporary female...

Introduction -- Firm strategies : resources, context and territory -- Labor markets and the regional project -- The evolution of the optics and imaging industry -- Runaway production : media concentration and the evolution of spatial competition -- The paradox of innovation : why regional...