Clusters and regional development
Subtitle: critical reflections and explorations
By: Bjørn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin.
Contributors: Cooke, Philip; Martin, Ron
Series: Regional development and public policy series; Regional development and public policy.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Regional planning; Economic development; Industrial clusters; Regional economics; Space in economics
Description: A critical assessment of the 'cluster model', underlining the need for proper theoretical analysis of its form, use and implications. Written by a panel of eminent scholars in the field, this book poses challenging and thought-provoking questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment / Bjørn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin; title: What qualifies as a cluster theory? / Peter Maskell and Leïla Kebir; title: True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache / Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power; title: In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering / Fiorenza Belussi; title: Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters / Ivana Paniccia; title: Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters / Maryann Feldman; title: Innovation learning and cluster dynamics / Bart Nooteboom; title: Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness? / James Simmie; title: The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective / David B. Audretschand, Erik Lehmann; title: Do clusters think? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters / Michael Steiner; title: Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context / Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf; title: Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in clusters : the case of hollywood / Allen Scott; title: When is proactive cluster policy appropriate? / G.M. Peter Swan; title: Putting clusters in their place / Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth.