Network Strategies for Regional Growth [electronic resource] /
Johanson, Martin.author.
Lundberg, Heléne.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Network Strategies for Regional Growth; 2 A New Role for Government in Regional Development; 3 Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad; 4 Interaction, the Innovative Milieu and Porterian Clusters: A Survey-Based Regional Assessment Illustrated with an Example of; 5 Outcomes in Small-Firm Networks: A Quantitative Study in the Southern Brazilian Context; 6 Email as a Communication Strategy in a Regional Strategic Network
7 Cluster Membership, Knowledge and SMEs' Internationalization8 The Trä 50 Group: A Supplier Network to IKEA; 9 Marketing Cooperation and Public Policy in Italian Networks of Fashion Firms; 10 Strategy Selection in Business-Angel Networks: Venture-capital strategy and Entrepreneurial Business-Angel Strategy; 11 Increased Internationalization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through Joint Export Networks; 12 Challenges, Complexities and Advantages of Regional Strategic Networks; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Leadership.
Development economics.
Economic policy.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Development Economics.
Economic Policy.