Knowledge economies : clusters, learning and co-operative advantage / Philip Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Philip (Philip N.)

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Business incubators.

Natural resources.

Evolutionary economics.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Clusters, collective learning and disruptive economic change; An evolutionary approach to learning, clusters and economic development: theoretical issues; Multi-level governance and the emergence of regional innovation network policy; Learning, trust and social capital; Networks and clusters in the learning economy; The clustering phenomenon in the 'New Economy': an anatomy of growth and further lessons for policy; Can clusters be built? Questions for policy

Knowledge Economies: Here to stay? Where to go?Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-71256-1

1-134-71257-X

1-280-31855-4

0-203-44540-6

9780203445402

OCLC:

54873747