Regional Advantage

Regional Policies and Comparative AdvantageCreating Regional AdvantageRegional Advantage and Local Economic Development : Government and Governance in Canada's Technology TriangleBuilding an Entrepreneurial and Sustainable SocietyCreating Collaborative AdvantageFundamentals of World Regional GeographyThe Gift of Global TalentThe New ArgonautsRegional Advantage and InnovationRegional Advantage in the Production of Chemicals from Petroleum and Natural GasRegional Mutual Benefit and Win-win Under the Double Circulation of Global ValueInfonomicsRegional AdvantageRegional Economic AdvantageBest Practices in State and Regional Innovation InitiativesRegional Policies and Comparative AdvantageThe New ArgonautsThe Regional Economics of Knowledge and TalentThe Decline of a Regional AdvantageAdvanced Management Skills Need to Secure Regional AdvantageConstructing Regional AdvantageUniversities and Regional Advantage in the Knowledge EconomyCreating Regional Advantage in AppalachiaRemaking Regional EconomiesStart-up FactoriesRegional Advantage and InnovationIntercountry TradeWORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. (PRODUCT ID 23958336). The Regional AdvantageGrowing Urban EconomiesRegional AdvantageThe New Geography of JobsRegional Mutual Benefit and Win-win Under the Double Circulation of Global ValueThe New ArgonautsA Glass Half FullThe Structure of Costs and Regional Advantage in Primary Aluminum ProductionWhat Attracts High Performance Factories? Strategic Management in the Asia PacificRegional Comparative Advantage in Chinese AgricultureWork-Life Advantage Since the early 1980s, the region has been central to thinking about the emerging character of the global economy. In fields as diverse as business management, industrial relations, economic geography, sociology, and planning, the regional scale has emerged as an organizing concept for interpretations of economic change. This book is both a critique of the "new regionalism" and a return to the "regional question," including all of its concerns with equity and uneven development. It will challenge researchers and students to consider the region as a central scale of action in the global economy. At the core of the book are case studies of two industries that rely on skilled, innovative, and flexible workers the optics and imaging industry and the film and television industry. Combined with this is a discussion of the regions that constitute their production centers. The authors’ intensive research on photonics and entertainment media firms, both large and small, leads them to question some basic assumptions behind the new regionalism and to develop an alternative framework for understanding regional economic development policy. Finally, there is a re-examination of what the regional question means for the concept of the learning region. This book draws on the rich contemporary literature on the region but also addresses theoretical questions that preceded "the new regionalism. " It will contribute to teaching and research in a range of social science disciplines.This text reveals the findings of a concise study of start-up factories in the United States by Japanese companies. This in-depth look at this increased phenomenon discusses not only the quality of jobs these factories produce, but it also expands to explore their keys to success in achieving a strong competitive advantage. Finally, the volume gives the four interrelated strategies (high performance management strategy, the economics of efficient wages, the quality of technology plants and regional economic development) that make for successful, high performance factories.Regional areas are key building blocks of society in many countries. This compilation uses Australian case study examples to demonstrate how regional areas are uniquely well-placed to contribute to national goals in innovation, infrastructure provision, water and food security, environmental sustainability, industry diversification, healthy and liveable communities, and natural disaster preparedness and response. Each of these themes is examined in the context of using innovative approaches from regions to deliver outcomes that are nationally significant. Authorship is drawn from a balance of leading practitioners and academics to provide stories that are both engaging and rigorous. The case studies are contextualised by an analysis of regional advantage literature, discussion on the regional policy implications and lessons, and commentary around the key trends and drivers for innovation and regional advantage in Australia. The book provides a convincing argument that focusing on regional innovation and development offers significant benefits to a nation as a whole. 'Strategic Management in the Asia Pacific' assembles an international team of world-famous practitioners and experts to cover the most significant aspects of doing business in the Asia Pacific. Recent developments such as the domino declines in the world financial markets clearly demonstrate that: * we live, and perceive ourselves as living, in an interdependent world where business developments in Hong Kong can affect those in New York, London or Sao Paolo * understanding how to manage effectively in the Asia Pacific