Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development

Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies

AvHeikki Eskelinen,Ingjaldur Hannibalsson

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

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Beskrivning

Drawing on a rich literature and case study material from selected industries, and elaborating on key concepts such as firms and competencies, industries and industrial systems, and competitiveness and prosperity, this book sets out to answer three broad research questions:* What is competition about in today's economy?* Why do geographical areas (local milieus, cities, regions, countries) specialize in particular types of economic activity, and why do patterns of specialization, once in place tend to be so tremendously durable?* How can high-cost regions in general and small industrialized countries in particular sustain competitiveness and prosperity in an increasingly globally integrated world economy?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 conjuncture of increasingly open-markets.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-25
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415154284

Utforska kategorier

E-handel inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Makroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Peter Maskell is Professor in Regional Economics at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Heikki Eskelinen is an economist and Head of the Social Science Department at the Karelian Institute, University of Joensuu, Finland. Ingjaldur Hannibalsson is Associate Professor in Operations Management in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Iceland. Anders Malmberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden. Eirik Vatne is Professor in Economic Geography at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 1 Regional specialisation and localised learning—An introduction PART I Ubiquitification, knowledge and localised capabilites 2 Sustainable patterns of specialisation in a globalised economy 3 Firm competitiveness through knowledge creation 4 Localised capabilities and the competitiveness of regions and countries PART II Small countries, localised learning and lack of learning: the cases of furniture, fish and phones 5 Small nations: how to sustain prosperity in open, low-tech economies 6 Comfort and competitiveness: the wooden furniture industry 7 Natural resources and the institutional endowment: the fishing industry 8 Footloose communications: the mobile phone industry PART III Conclusions and policy implications 9 Towards a learning-based industrial and regional policy