Edited by Frank Giarratani, University of Pittsburgh, US, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US and Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

’Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.’

• Contents:Introduction to the Relationships between Economic Geography and Industries: Theory, Empirics and Modes of AnalysisFrank Giarattani, Geoffrey J.G. Hewings and Philip McCannPART I: HEAVY INDUSTRIES1. Steel Industry Restructuring and LocationFrank Giarratani, Ravi Madhavan and Gene Gruver2. The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Motor Vehicle IndustryThomas Klier and James M. Rubenstein3. The Changing Geography of the European Auto IndustryGill Bentley, David Bailey and Stewart MacNeillPART II: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES4. Project-Based Industries and Craft-Like Production: Structure, Location, and PerformancePeter B. Doeringer, Pacey Foster, Stephan Manning and David Terkla5. Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Cross-Sectoral Skill Transfer in the Video Game Industry: A Three Country StudyYuko Aoyama and Hiro Izushi6. Spatial Divisions of Labor: How Key Worker Profiles Vary for the Same Industry in Different RegionsAnn Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus7. Museums in the Neighbourhood: The Local Economic Impact of MuseumsStephen SheppardPART III: HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS8. Spinoff Regions: Entrepreneurial Emergence and Regional Development in Second Tier High-Technology Regions: Observations from the Oregon and Idaho Electronics SectorsHeike Mayer9. Location, Control and Firm Innovation: The Case of the Mobile Handset IndustryRam Mudambi10. How Has Information Technology Use Shaped the Geography of Economic Activity?Chris Forman11. R&D, Knowledge, Economic Growth and the Transatlantic Productivity GapRaquel Ortega-ArgilésPART IV: RESOURCE-BASED SECTORS12. The Changing Structure of the Global Agribusiness SectorRuth Rama and Catalina Martínez13. Social Capital and the Development of Industrial Clusters: The Northwest Ohio Greenhouse ClusterMichael C. Carroll and Neil Reid14. Computational Structure for Linking Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Modeling: A Case Study on Urban Recycling and RemanufacturingJoyce Cooper, Randall Jackson and Nancey Green Leigh15. The Importance of the Water Management Sector in Dutch Agriculture and the Wider EconomyFrank Bruinsma and Mark BokhorstPART V: KNOWLEDGE- AND NETWORK-BASED ACTIVITIES16. The Geography of Research and Development Activity in the USKristy Buzard and Gerald Carlino17. Offshore Assembly and Service Industries in Latin AmericaElsie L Echeverri-Carroll18. The Global Air Transport Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Network Structures in Major Continental RegionsAisling Reynolds-Feighan19. Innovation in New Zealand: Issues of Firm Size, Local Market Size and Economic GeographyHong Shangqin, Philip McCann and Les Oxley20. They are Industrial Districts, but Not As We Know Them!Fiorenza Belussi and Lisa De ProprisIndex