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Small business clustering technologies : applications in marketing, management, IT and economics / Robert C. MacGregor, Ann T. Hodgkinson [editors].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
MacGregor, Robert C., 1951-
Hodgkinson, Ann.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Small business--Management.
Small business.
Strategic alliances (Business)--Management.
Strategic alliances (Business).
Business networks--Management.
Business networks.
Cluster analysis.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xx, 332 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Place of Publication:
Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., c2007.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
"This book examines the development and role of small business clusters from a variety of disciplines : economics, marketing, management and information systems. It gathers perspectives from varied disciplines and countries, extending current knowledge by emphasizing the pressure that international competition and IT have on the geographic structure of clusters, possibly leading to a new 'a-spatial' option developing"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Small Business Clustering Across Disciplines / Ann Hodgkinson
Leveraging the Benefits of Business Clusters: A Branding and Stakeholder Management Framework / Bill Merrilees, Dale Miller, Carmel Herington
Small and Medium Enterprise Clusters: Marketing and Communication Management / Paola Falcone
Italian Industrial Districts: Nature, Structure, and Value Creation / Paola Falcone
Industry Clusters in Peripheral Regions: A Biotechnology Case Study / Philip Rosson, Carolan McLarney
Cluster Development: Issues, Progress and Key Success Factors / Alev M. Efendioglu
Regional Clusters: Classification and Overlap of Wine and Tourism Microclusters / Pamela McRae-Williams
From Networks to Clusters and Back Again: A Decade of Unsatisfied Policy Aspiration in New Zealand / Martin Perry
The Analysis of Tourism Cluster Development of Istanbul: A Longitudinal Study in Sultanahmet District (Old Town) / Aslihan Nasir, Melih Bulu, Hakki Eraslan
Uppsala BIO The Life Science Initiative: Experiences of and Reflections on Starting a Regional Competitiveness Initiative / Robin Teigland, Daniel Hallencreutz, Per Lundequist
Clustering, Collaborative Networks and Collaborative Commerce in Small and Medium Enterprises / Michelle Rowe, Janice Burn
The Role of Small Business Strategic Alliances in Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs) / Robert MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic
E-Business Standardization in the Automotive Sector: Role and Situation of SMEs / Martina Gerst, Kai Jakobs
Conclusion / Ann Hodgkinson, Robert MacGregor.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1599041286 (ebook)
9781599041285 (ebook)
OCLC:
74816242

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