Networks, Governance and Economic Development: Bridging Disciplinary Frontiers - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847202713 ISBN 13: 9781847202710

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships.

Analyzing the governance of networks is critical in understanding how individual localities are able to promote development and consolidate positions within global production systems. In addressing such issues, this book accomplishes a significant bridging of disciplinary boundaries, incorporating different theoretical and empirical perspectives on the meanings and roles of territory, economic development and different forms of networks and governance.

Networks, Governance and Economic Development brings together the analysis of leading researchers in their fields, following their interactions at a European Science Foundation exploratory workshop. The chapters will be an invaluable resource to researchers working in the fields of regional economic development, economic geography and economic policy as well as postgraduate students taking modules that specialize in aspects of the above themes.

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About the Author

Edited by Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Head of Clusters, Regional Development and Innovation, Orkestra (Basque Institute of Competitiveness), Spain and Lecturer, ESTE, University of Deusto, Spain, Cristina Iturrioz Landart, Vice-Dean, ESTE, University of Deusto, Spain and James R. Wilson, Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness, Spain and Deusto Business School, Spain

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847202713
• ISBN 13: 9781847202710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Aranguren Querejeta Mari Jose, Iturrioz Landart Cristina, Wilson James R.