| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge frontiers of political economy |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables and cases; About the authors; Foreword by Michael Storper; Preface; Regional specialisation and localised learning; An introduction; Ubiquitification, knowledge and localised capabilites; Sustainable patterns of specialisation in a globalised economy; Firm competitiveness through knowledge creation; Localised capabilities and the competitiveness of regions and countries; Small countries, localised learning and lack of learning: the cases of furniture, fish and phones |
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Small nations: how to sustain prosperity in open, low-tech economiesComfort and competitiveness: the wooden furniture industry; Natural resources and the institutional endowment: the fishing industry; Footloose communications: the mobile phone industry; Conclusions and policy implications; Towards a learning-based industrial and regional policy; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index |
| Summary |
This book points the way out of a dilemma created by recent industrial theory and policy: is it possible for countries which are not destined to be leading high-tech powers to take advantage of the current trend for increasingly open markets? |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Regional economics.
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Economic development.
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Competition
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International economic integration
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economic development.
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Competition
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Economic development
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International economic integration
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Regional economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hannibalsson, Ingjaldur
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Malmberg, Anders
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Maskell, Peter
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Storper, Michael
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Vatne, Eirik
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| ISBN |
9780203030165 |
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0203030168 |
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