Overview
- Discusses the central topic of clustering, learning and regional development
- Critically represents the current state of affairs
- Offers a unique overview of the latest developments and discusses the cluster model at the conceptual and empirical level
- Relevant to specialists working in a great variety of social sciences disciplines
Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 80)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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The ‘Cluster’ Model
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The Impacts of ICT and Externalities on Urban Development
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Concluding Remarks
Reviews
"Clusters and clustering are popular policy tools much given to critical academic comment. The book explores this paradox, addressing convincingly the shortcomings of the cluster approach to the analysis of and intervention in economic development processes. In doing so, it presents a critical and thought-provoking perspective on the current state of the art. Its most penetrative contributions are on the conceptual and empirical level."
(Professor Phil Cooke, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University)
"This book brings together not only interesting new empirical studies of the clustering of economic activity but, more importantly, fresh critique and valuable new departure points for future theoretical and empirical work on this popular topic."
(Nick Phelps, Reader, School of Geography, University of Southampton)
"Learning from Clusters aims to examine key conceptual and empirical issues concerning clustering, learning,and regional development, assessing the relationship between spatial concentration and innovation. … is a worthy addition to library shelves, containing much that will be of interest to researchers of regional development and innovation." (Danny MacKinnon, Economic Geography, Vol. 83 (2), 2007)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning from Clusters
Book Subtitle: A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective
Editors: Ron A. Boschma, Robert C. Kloosterman
Series Title: GeoJournal Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3679-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3671-2Published: 26 August 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6925-2Published: 29 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3679-8Published: 30 March 2006
Series ISSN: 0924-5499
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 434
Topics: Economic Geography, Geography, general