Local Economies and Global Competitiveness - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230252729 ISBN 13: 9780230252721

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

The globalized economy depends critically on local and context-specific factors. Globalization has varying impacts according to the institutional settings and knowledge resources through which its processes must work their way. At the same time, local differences are crucial to explaining a country s competitiveness in the global marketplace.

The contributions to this edited volume address local-global nexuses in economics. An introductory chapter provides a way into the various debates over theory and methodology. This is followed by a series of case studies examining local-global interactions in specific localities across the world, in both developed and developing economies. Further case studies examine the issues of context and proximity from the perspectives of global firms such as Microsoft. Together, the chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities .

This book is essential reading for all interested in economic development and economic geography, as well as all those involved professionally in local and regional development.

About this title

Book Description:

Builds up a prospectus of how best to create 'globally active localities' via case studies on local-global dynamics across the world and from the perspective of major corporations e.g. Microsoft

About the Author:

BRUNO DALLAGO is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Trento, Italy.
 
CHIARA GUGLIELMETTI is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School on Local Development of the University of Trento, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230252729
• ISBN 13: 9780230252721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Dallago B., Guglielmetti C.