Clusters and Globalisation brings together scholars with different perspectives and theoretical groundings, and from different disciplines, to consider conceptual arguments and case study material. In doing so the volume identifies key characteristics and requirements of the forms of cluster...

Einführung: Begriff und Bedeutungsgewinn der Regionalökonomik -- Standortanalyse in der Praxis -- Klassische regionale Entwicklungstheorien -- Agglomerationseffekte -- Clustertheorie -- Clusterkonzepte in der Praxis – eine Bestandsaufnahme -- Die Kreative Klasse -- Regionales Engagement von...

Beyond path dependency and competitive convergence: Institutional transfer from a discourse-analytical perspective.- Tacit knowledge, path dependency and local trajectories of growth.- Regional transformation and regional disequilibrium: New knowledge economies and their discontents.- Switching...