Industry - Macroeconomics, Regional Planning, General & Heavy Industry - General & Miscellaneous

Development on the Ground

Name: Development on the Ground
Author: Edited by Allen J. Scott
ISBN: 9780203961667

by Edited by Allen J. Scott, Gioacchino Garofoli

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Overview

Edited by two leading scholars, this volume brings together a range of contributions that analyze and explain distinct patterns of regional development, and the successes and failures in this regard, across the world.

Synopsis

Region-centric Concepts Of Development-- The Regional Question In Economic Development / Allen J. Scott, Gioacchino Garofoli -- Endogenous Development: Analytical And Policy Issues / Antonio Vázquez-barquero -- Regional Development In The Middle East And Africa -- The Arab World : The Role Of Regional Production Systems In Catch-up And Convergence / Abdelkader Sid Ahmed -- The Dynamics Of Territorial Development In Morocco / Nacer El Kadiri, Jean Lapèze -- Kenya's Garment And Metal Industries : Global And Local Realities / Dorothy Mccormick -- Regions And Development In Mixed Economies -- Promise And Peril : Regional Development In China's Pearl River Delta And The Northeast / Shahid Yusuf -- Industrial Clusters In China : The Low Road Versus The High Road In Cluster Development / Jici Wang -- The Production Organization Of The Automobile And Motorcycle Industries In Vietnam / Thi Bich Van Ho -- Technology-intensive Clusters In Emerging Economies -- Contrasting Regimes Of Regional Development : The Telecommunications Equipment Industry And Computer Software Industry In India / Balaji Parthasarathy -- Clusters And Regional Industrial Synergies : The Electronics Industry In Penang And Jalisco / Rajah Rasiah -- Cluster-based Strategies For Development -- Policy-making For Local Production Systems In Brazil / Wilson Suzigan, João Furtado, Renato Garcia -- Regional Development And Cluster Management: Lessons From South Africa / Mike Morris, Justin Barnes -- Regional Development And Global Value Chains -- Knowledge, Obsolescence, And Product Segmentation / Isaac Minian -- Regional Systems And Global Chains / Hubert Schmitz. Edited By Allen J. Scott And Gioacchino Garofoli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.