Enterprising Worlds

A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments & Ethics

AvJay D. Gatrell,Neil Reid

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Represents the collective efforts of the International Geographical Union's Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces. This work provides insight into the workings of a variety of communities, regions, and nations as they seek to balance economic growth with the necessity to simultaneously promote ethical and sustainable regional development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-02
Mått:210 x 297 x 22 mm
Vikt:606 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:GeoJournal Library
Antal sidor:276
Upplaga:2006
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781402052255

Utforska kategorier

Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Economics, Environments & Ethics.- Industrial and Technology Clusters: An Everyday Topic of Popular Conversation.- Which Mode of (CLUSTER) Promotion for which aspect of Entrepreneurship? A differentiating view on institutional support of automotive clusters.- The Dynamics of FDI of the TFT-LCD Cluster: A Study of Japanese Firms in Taiwan.- Collaborating to Compete: The Case of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry.- Specialized Agriculture: Local Markets & Global Competitors in Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry.- High Technology and Urban Development in Bangalore, India.- An Evolutional Model of U.S. Manufacturing and Services Industries.- Clusters and Local Economic Growth: Unpacking the Cluster Model.- Towards Reconceptualising Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Processes for Sustainable Futures: Contributions from Economic Geography.- Attitudes, Behaviours and Outcomes of Different Types of Entrepreneurs: Toward a Better Understanding of the Multiple Entrepreneurship Phenomenon.- The Business and Sustainability of Water Supply in Singapore: The Case of Hyflux.- Entrepreneurship: New Means of Support for Community Colleges.- Globalization, Social Protest and the Militarized Landscape of Okinawa.- Paternalism and Struggle at Weirton Steel Corporation.- Ethics in Economic Geography.- Whose Development? The Tribal Involuntary Dislocation in the Sardar Sarovar.- Geographies of Informalization: Conceptual Dilemmas over Social Standards and Informalization of Labor.- Building or Repairing Institutions: Microcredits in Argentina.- Bread or Circus? The Economics of Mega-Sporting Events.- Social Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Conceptual Framework.