On the edge of the global economy
By: edited by Jacques Poot.
Contributors: Poot, Jacques.
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Edward Elgar Pub
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: International economic integration.; International economic relations.; States, Small -- Foreign economic relations.; States, Small -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Peripherality in the global economy / Jacques Poot; title: Locality matters : myth and facts on the new economy / Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp; title: Geography, transactions costs and economic performance / Philip McCann; title: Physically isolated nations, trade and "small-world" network connectivity / Laurie Schintler and Rajendra Kulkarni; title: Geographical proximity and economic performance of nations / Upali Wickramasinghe; title: Core-periphery linkages and income in small Pacific island economies / Geoffrey Bertram and Özer Karagedikli; title: The impact of scale and remoteness on New Zealand's industrial structure and firm performance / Geoff Simmons; title: Currency unions and gravity models revisited / Christie Smith; title: Australia-New Zealand border effects and Trans-Tasman integration / Tim Hazledine and Sara Lipanovic; title: Small states and island states : implications of size, location and isolation for prosperity / Harvey W. Armstrong and Robert Read; title: Getting on to the map of the global economy : the case of Finland / Nils Bjorksten and Laura Meriluoto; title: From the periphery to the new economy : paths and roadblocks for resource regions / Lee Huskey; title: Ireland's economic renaissance : the success of a "peripheral" economy / Brendan Walsh; title: The state of e-commerce in New Zealand / Bronwyn Howell and Lisa Marriott.