Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy [Hardcover]

This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of the world. It moves between the supra national macro region and the micro cluster, as well as looking at associated infrastructural and policy responses.

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Introduction,John H. Dunning
Part One: Analytical Foundations
1. Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge Economy: The Issues Stated,John H. Dunning
2. Globalization and Knowledge Flows: An Industrial Geographer's Perspective,Michael Storper
3. Knowledge, Globalization, and Regions: An Economist's Perspective,David B. Audretsch
4. Multinational Enterprises and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging Global Practices,?rjan S?lvell and Julian Birkinshaw
Part Two: Macroregional Integration and the Knowledge-Based Economy
5. Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: Some General Issues,Magnus Blomstr?m, Ari Kokko, and Steven Globerman
6. The Impact of the Completion of the European Internal Market on FDI,John H. Dunning
7. Regional Integration: NAFTA and the Reconfiguration of North American Industry,Lorraine Eden and Antoine Monteils
Part Three: Country Case Studies
8. Foreign Direct Investment into the USA: A Subnational Investigation,Lorna H. Wallace
9. Policy Partnership in the Development of Knowledge Industries in Scotland,Ewen Peters, Stephen Young, and Neil Hood
10. Large Firms and Industrial Districts in Europe: Deregionalization, Re-regionalization, and the Transformation of Manufacturing Flexibility,Gary Herrigel
11. Firms, Regions, and Strategy in a Diverging World: The Australian Case,Peter Sheehan and Bhajan Grewal
12. Innovation Systems, Networks, and the Knowledge-Basl3Y