Urban Competitiveness and Innovation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Against the backdrop of today’s climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached. Themes explored include:• industrial clusters• competitiveness between major cities • local policy and competition enhancement• governance to combat global climate change• innovation in urban policy and collaboration between cities• cluster theory and cluster-based economic development policy • the strategic shift towards domestic markets and service enhancement.Scholars and policymakers in the fields of economics, public sector economics, innovation, technology and urban competitiveness will find this book to be an enlightening read.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781781007914

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Edited by Pengfei Ni, Professor of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China and Zheng Qiongjie, Nanjing Academy of Social Sciences, Jiangsu, China

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‘Social science researchers interested in urban evolution will be interested in this book. City decision-makers will also ﬁnd the book’s insights into approaches for address-ing city challenges useful. . . The authors succeed in providing valuable analyses based on a set of indexes, case studies, and other methods. The book is especially useful for providing a rich set of details about the progress that cities are making to inform policy through evidence-based analysis.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:1. IntroductionNi Pengfei and Zheng QiongjiePART I: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS2. Chinese Cities and Global Urban CompetitivenessPengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie3. Better Cities, Better Planet: Examples of Governing Against climate change from OECD CountriesLamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau4. The Strategic Shift Toward Domestic Market, Service Enhancement, and Urban Competitiveness in China François GipoulouxPART II: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION5. Enhancing the Innovation Based Urban Competitiveness Guido Ferrari6. Enhancing Urban Competitiveness through Innovative Growth ClustersLeo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun and Wiliem Van Winden 7. Innovation in Urban Policy; Collaboration Rather than Competition between CitiesWilliam F. Lever8. What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for InnovationZhang MingPART III: WORLD CITIES9. Competition and Cooperation between Cities in GlobalizationPeter Taylor10. Global Power City Index-Comprehensive Power of Cities to Enhance their CompetitivenessHiroo Ichikawa11. Urban Development in Hong Kong and its Regional Integration with Pearl River Delta 1978–2009Shen JianfaPART IV: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS12. A Development Officer’s Guide to ClustersPeter Karl Kresl13. Cultural Policies and Local Development Strategies: The Cultural District of Caserta, ItalyStefano Mollica14. Economic Competitiveness, Clusters, and Cluster-Based DevelopmentHal Wolman15. Urban Competitiveness and Industrial Clusters in MexicoJanime SobrinoAfterwords