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The Economics of Services
Jan Owen Jansson
Despite the fact that services have overtaken industry in terms of employment and GDP in developed countries, rigorous economic study of the service sector remains seriously neglected. The first edition of The Economics of Services initi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Societies in Motion
Edited by Amnon Frenkel, Peter Nijkamp, Philip McCann
In today’s globalised world, modern society is characterized by rapid transitions in space that are in part the result of technological developments of previous decades. This unique book deals with the complex issues raised by these tran... -
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Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Roger R. Stough, Borje Johansson
In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy in which functional regions increasingly play a role as independent and dynamic market places. These are integrated with other functional regions by m... -
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Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development
Edited by Attila Varga
The transfer of new, economically useful knowledge from universities to the regional economy has recently attracted the attention of academics, professionals and policymakers alike. This book focuses on three issues at the centre of curr... -
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Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S.
Donald J. Bogue, Gregory Liegel, Michael Kozloski
This book provides an important assembly of research findings for all who are interested either in changing or reinforcing present immigration policy. Both comprehensive and up-to-date, the study of the demographic, economic, and social ... -
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Migration and Human Capital
Edited by Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf, Leo van Wissen
Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillov... -
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Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions
Edited by Mahtab A. Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne, Philip McCann
Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also e... -
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Regional Economic Policy in Europe
Edited by Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz, Michael H. Stierle, Frederic B. Jennings Jr, Adrian T.H. Kuah
Regional Economic Policy in Europe presents a tightly focused selection of policy, empirical and theoretical perspectives on contemporary dimensions of regional economic policy in the EU. It concentrates on three areas; the dissimilariti... -
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Linkages between China’s Regions
Nicolaas Groenewold, Anping Chen, Guoping Lee
The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Regional Clusters
Edited by Uwe Blien, Gunther Maier
This important book takes a critical view on regional industry clusters, in particular their identification and formation, and the policies which help create and support them.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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North American Freight Transportation
Mary R. Brooks
Heightened awareness of North America’s vulnerability to terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11 has precipitated a crisis for transport suppliers and cargo owners, one that jeopardizes economic prosperity. Mary Brooks examines one industry s... -
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International Migration and Economic Development
Robert E.B. Lucas
This accessible and topical book offers invaluable insights to policy makers in both industrialized and developing countries as well as to scholars and researchers of economics, development, international relations and to specialists in ...eBook:Find out more$56.80