This handbook brings together a group of leading scholars, thinkers, policy makers, and business leaders to identify, articulate, and analyse what influences and shapes local competitiveness and what places can do to enhance their economic performance.

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link and Mary Lindenstein Walshok -- PART I: THE CONCEPT OF LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS -- 2. The Strategic Management of Place -- David B. Audretsch -- 3. Talent , Cities, and Competitiveness -- Richard Florida and...

Allgemeine Theorie regionaler Wettbewerbsvorteile -- Quantifizierung der Branchencluster und Fallstudiendesign -- Analyse des Logistikclusters RheinMain -- Strategisches Clustermanagement der Logistikinitiative -- Diskussion der Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerung.

Recent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth are strongly shaped by their...