Local Economies and Global Competitiveness - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349322369 ISBN 13: 9781349322367

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities.

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ZOLTAN J. ACS School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA DAVIDE ANTONIOLI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy TÜNDE CSERPES Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary PÉTER CSIZMADIA Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary LUTZ EIGENHÜLLER IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany STEFAN FUCHS IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany GEREMIA GIOS Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ILARIA GOIO Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ALESSANDRO GRETTER IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy MIKLÓS ILLÉSY Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary ICHIRO IWASAKI Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan WALDO KRUGELL School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa NICOLE LITZEL University of Regensburg and IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany CSABA MAKÓ Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary MARIANNE MATTHEE School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa MASSIMILIANO MAZZANTI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy JOACHIM MÖLLER University of Regensburg, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg and IZA, Germany SANDRO MONTRESOR Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy WIM NAUDÉ World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Helsinki, Finland CONNIE L. MCNEELY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA PIER CARLO PADOAN OECD and University of Rome, Italy PAOLO PINI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy SILVIA SACCHETTI Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK JOSEPH SANY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA MARIO SCERRI Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa MARIA LUIGIA SEGNANA Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ROGER SUGDEN Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK ZOLTÁN SZÁNTÓ Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary MIKLÓS SZANYI Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary Debrecen University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Hungary CHIARA TOMASI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and University of Urbino, Italy ISTVÁN JÁNOS TÓTH Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IE HAS), Budapest, Hungary GIUSEPPE VITTUCCI MARZETTI Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ZHIKAI WANG School of Economics, Zhejiang University, China

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1349322369
• ISBN 13: 9781349322367
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Dallago B., Guglielmetti C.