Network Strategies for Regional Growth [Hardcover]

In many regions the current?focus of the?state is?to?initiate and stimulate the emergence of inter-firm networks in order to produce growth. This book takes a management perspective on the operations and processes in these networks and describes and analyzes how and why geographical proximity influences?inter-firm networks.Network Strategies for Regional Growth; H.Lundberg? & M.Johanson A New Role for Government in Regional Development; P.E.Parker? & C.Ekelund Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad; H.Pihl Interaction, the Innovative Milieu and Porterian Clusters: A Survey-based Regional Assessment Illustrated with an Example of a Medical Technology Region in an early Cluster Life-cycle Stage; C.Steinle, H.Schiele? & K.Mietzner Outcomes in Small-Firm Networks: A Quantitative Study in the Southern Brazilian Context; J.Renato Verschoore? & A.Balestrin Email as a Communication Strategy in a Regional Strategic Network; E.Andresen, A.Bergman? & L.Hall?n Cluster Membership, Knowledge and SMEs' Internationalization; S.Michailova? & S.Chetty The Tr? 50 Group: A Supplier Network to IKEA; K.Elmhester? & S.Brege Marketing Cooperation and Public Policy in Italian Networks of Fashion Firms; S.Guercini? & A.Runfola Strategy Selection in Business Angel Networks: Venture Capital Strategy and Entrepreneurial Business Angel Strategy; L.Silver, N.Lundahl & B.Berggren Increased Internationalization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through Joint Export Networks; H.Jansson? & P.Boye Some Final Words; H.LundbergEDITH ANDRESEN Doctoral Student and Teacher at Mid-Sweden University, SwedenALSONES BALESTRIN Professor and Researcher at the School of Management of the UNISINOS (University of Sinos Valley) BrazilBJ?RN BERGGREN Assistant Professor at the Centre for Banking and Finance, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenANETTE BERGMAN Doctoral Student at Mid-Sweden University, SwedenPETTER BOYE El#`