Clusters and regional development [electronic resource] : critical reflections and explorations / edited by Bjørn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin.
Series: Regional development and public policyPublication details: [New York] : Routledge, 2006.Description: xviii, 300 p. : illISBN:- 9780203640890
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment / Bjørn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin -- 2. What qualifies as a cluster theory? / Peter Maskell and Leïla Kebir -- 3. True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache / Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power -- 4. In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering / Fiorenza Belussi -- 5. Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters / Ivana Paniccia -- 6. Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters / Maryann Feldman and Johanna L. Francis -- 7. Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics / Bart Nooteboom -- 8. Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness? / James Simmie -- 9. The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective / David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann -- 10. Do clusters 'think'? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters / Michael Steiner -- 11. Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context / Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf -- 12. Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in clusters : the case of hollywood / Allen Scott -- 13. Cluster and hinterland : when is proactive cluster policy appropriate? / G.M. Peter Swan -- 14. Putting clusters in their place / Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth.
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