Clusters and regional development : critical reflections and explorations /
Asheim, Bjørn Terje.
Cooke, Philip(Philip N.)
Martin, Ron(Ron L.)
London : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment / Bjørn Asheim, Philip Cooke and Ron Martin -- What qualifies as a cluster theory? / Peter Maskell and Leïla Kebir -- True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache / Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power -- In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering / Fiorenza Belussi -- Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters / Ivana Paniccia -- Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters / Maryann Feldman and Johanna L. Francis -- Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics / Bart Nooteboom -- Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness? / James Simmie -- The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective / David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann -- Do clusters 'think'? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters / Michael Steiner -- Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context / Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf -- Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in industrial clusters : the case of Hollywood / Allen Scott -- When is proactive cluster policy appropriate? / G.M. Peter Swan -- Putting clusters in their place / Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth.
Regional planning.
Economic development.
Industrial clusters.
Regional economics.
Space in economics.