Description |
1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) |
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies |
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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Contents |
Institutions, agency, and industrial practices -- Capital, technology, and economic performance -- Proximity, organization, and culture -- Regional cultures of production -- Crisis in machinery building : the roots of Germany's economic malaise? -- Tacit knowledge in geographical context -- Geography, learning, and convergence |
Summary |
Why are firms in some regions or nations so successful at adopting particular new production technologies and work practices, while those in other places are not? What role do culturally defined characteristics, traits, and attitudes play in determining the degree of success in this process? Moreover, to what extent can such successful practices be replicated or 'manufactured' in other less fortunate locations? These questions constitute the central issues of concern for this. book. - ;Recent years have seen a lively debate over the role of tacit knowledge and interactive learning in privilegi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-193) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Industrial organization -- Social aspects
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Industrial organization -- Regional disparities
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Organizational behavior -- Social aspects
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Organizational behavior -- Regional disparities
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Industries -- Technological innovations
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Economic geography.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
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Economic geography
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Industrial organization -- Regional disparities
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Industrial organization -- Social aspects
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Industries -- Technological innovations
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Organizational behavior -- Social aspects
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Industriƫle bedrijven.
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Technische vernieuwing.
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Organisatiegedrag.
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Regionale verschillen.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2004042545 |
ISBN |
9781429430920 |
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1429430923 |
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9780198233824 |
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0198233825 |
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9780191513466 |
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0191513466 |
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1280758791 |
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9781280758799 |
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9786610758791 |
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6610758794 |
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0191916498 |
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9780191916496 |
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