Edited by Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'This specialist set of readings will find a ready market with practitioners and researchers alike. It will provide a strong foundation for intermediate Land economy programmes, as well as a good primer into aspects of the new economic geography.'

• Contents:Introduction xiiiPhilip McCannPART I ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL LOCATION1 Classical and neoclassical location–production models Philip McCann2 The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system John B. Parr3 Geographical grids in ‘new economic geography’ models Dirk Stelder4 Firm migration Piet H. Pellenbarg, Leo J.G. van Wissen and Jouke van DijkPART II CITIES AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS5 Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter? Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga6 Global cities, internationalization and urban systems Ian R. Gordon7 Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives Michael Steiner8 Theory, methods and a cross-metropolitan comparison of business clusteringEdward J. Feser and Stuart H. SweeneyPART III MULTINATIONAL FIRMS AND LOCATION BEHAVIOUR9 The location decision of the multinational enterprise Ram Mudambi10 The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions John Cantwell and Simona Iammarino11 The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCannIndex

Edited by Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'This specialist set of readings will find a ready market with practitioners and researchers alike. It will provide a strong foundation for intermediate Land economy programmes, as well as a good primer into aspects of the new economic geography.'

• Contents:Introduction xiiiPhilip McCannPART I ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL LOCATION1 Classical and neoclassical location–production models Philip McCann2 The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system John B. Parr3 Geographical grids in ‘new economic geography’ models Dirk Stelder4 Firm migration Piet H. Pellenbarg, Leo J.G. van Wissen and Jouke van DijkPART II CITIES AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS5 Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter? Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga6 Global cities, internationalization and urban systems Ian R. Gordon7 Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives Michael Steiner8 Theory, methods and a cross-metropolitan comparison of business clusteringEdward J. Feser and Stuart H. SweeneyPART III MULTINATIONAL FIRMS AND LOCATION BEHAVIOUR9 The location decision of the multinational enterprise Ram Mudambi10 The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions John Cantwell and Simona Iammarino11 The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCannIndex

Edited by Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

'This specialist set of readings will find a ready market with practitioners and researchers alike. It will provide a strong foundation for intermediate Land economy programmes, as well as a good primer into aspects of the new economic geography.'

• Contents:Introduction xiiiPhilip McCannPART I ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL LOCATION1 Classical and neoclassical location–production models Philip McCann2 The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system John B. Parr3 Geographical grids in ‘new economic geography’ models Dirk Stelder4 Firm migration Piet H. Pellenbarg, Leo J.G. van Wissen and Jouke van DijkPART II CITIES AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS5 Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter? Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga6 Global cities, internationalization and urban systems Ian R. Gordon7 Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives Michael Steiner8 Theory, methods and a cross-metropolitan comparison of business clusteringEdward J. Feser and Stuart H. SweeneyPART III MULTINATIONAL FIRMS AND LOCATION BEHAVIOUR9 The location decision of the multinational enterprise Ram Mudambi10 The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions John Cantwell and Simona Iammarino11 The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCannIndex