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Oxford : Oxford University, 1994

xii, 268 s. : il., mapa ; 23 cm

ISBN 0-19-828916-2 (brož.)

Popsáno podle dotisku, vydaného v roce 1999, 2001

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What are the economic prospects of European regions in a globalizing world? One view suggests that European regions will be overwhelmed by global forces; another suggests that the rise of a new localism will lead to a Europe of the regions. This book argues that neither account is correct and suggests another scenario. The authors offer detailed accounts of the local economies of Baden Württemberg, Emilia-Romagna, Switzerland, and Eastern Germany amongst others to support their view. In so doing they discuss a number of important and topical issues; industrial districts and their distinctiveness, organizational flexibility, regional economic planning, and the role of transnational companies. Through the application of an institutionalist perspective which stresses the importance of institutionalizing processes within the economy, the chapters in the book argue that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. The book concludes that adaptable regions with a diverse institutional presence can harness the forces of globalization to their own ends. Other regions, with more rigid institutional structures, face a bleak future..

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Notes on Contributors xüj // List of Figures xjv // List of Tables xjv // Map xjv // 1. Living in the Global 1 - Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift // 2. The Local Embeddedness of Transnational Corporations 23 - Peter Dicken, Mats Forsgren, and Anders Malmberg // 3. Global Agro-Food Complexes and the Refashioning of Rural Europe 46 - Sarah Whatmore // 4. The Uneven Landscape of Innovation Poles: Local Embeddedness and Global Networks 68 - Franz Tödtling // 5. Growth Regions under Duress: Renewal Strategies in Baden Württemberg and Emilia-Romagna 91 - Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan // 6. Flexible Districts, Flexible Regions? The Institutional and Cultural Limits to Districts in an Era of Globalization and Technological Paradigm Shifts 118 - Amy Glasmeier // 7. Regulating Labour: The Social Regulation and Reproduction of Local Labour-Markets 147 - Jamie Peck // 8. The Disembedded Regional Economy: The Transformation of East German Industrial Complexes into Western Enclaves I77 - Gernot Grabber // 9. Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe’s Old Industrial Areas 196 - Ray Hudson // 10. Local and Regional Broadcasting in the New Media Order - Kevin Robins and James Cornford // 11. Global-Local Social Conflicts: Examples from Southern Europe - Costis Hadjimichalis // 12. Holding Down the Global - Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift // Index 261