Urban and Regional Studies
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Knowledge in the Development of Economies
Edited by Silvia Sacchetti, Roger Sugden
This innovative book offers a critical perspective on the state of the current global economy, making sense of knowledge-related issues by critically assessing existing institutional choices, as well as pointing to new ways forward.eBook:Find out more$51.16
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Leadership and Institutions in Regional Endogenous Development
Robert Stimson, Roger R. Stough, Maria Salazar
The authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors, including entrepreneurship, in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstr...eBook:Find out more$35.96
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China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia
Edited by Christopher M. Dent
This book considers themes, evidence and ideas relating to the prospects for regional leadership in East Asia, with particular reference to China and Japan assuming ‘regional leader actor’ roles. Key issues discussed by the list of disti...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Regional Knowledge Economies
Philip Cooke, Carla De Laurentis, Franz Tödtling, Michaela Trippl
This original and timely book presents the most comprehensive, empirically based analysis of clustering dynamics in the high-technology sector across liberal and co-ordinated market economies.eBook:Find out more$71.96
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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$62.36
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Managing Cities in Developing Countries
Meine Pieter van Dijk
Urban management is a relatively new topic, which has gained increasing importance due to a rise in urbanization and a wave of decentralization programs in recent decades. This innovative book is the first systematic treatment of the cri... -
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The Hidden Enterprise Culture
Colin C. Williams
Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some or all of their trade on an ‘off-the-books’ basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this book provides the first detailed account of the vast and ubi...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II
Focussing on the economics of terrorism in the post 9/11 world, this book brings together original research based on the collaborative efforts of leading economists and planners. The authoritative and expert contributors use a variety o...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalised New Economy
Edited by Roger Sugden, Rita Hartung Cheng, G. Richard Meadows
There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a ‘globalised’ economy, facilitated by and associated...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Culture, Institutions and Economic Development
Michael Keating, John Loughlin, Kris Deschouwer
This book offers a systematic comparison of eight distinct regions and stateless nations, each with its own historical identity, but which is constantly being rebuilt in changing economic and political conditions. Avoiding economic or cu... -
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Property Rights, Planning and Markets
Chris Webster, Lawrence W.-C. Lai
This book represents a major innovation in the institutional analysis of cities and their planning, management and governance. Using concepts of transaction costs and property rights, the work shows systematically how urban order evolves...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Industrial Location Economics
Edited by Philip McCann
Because space is not homogenous, economic activities occur in different locations. Understanding the reasons behind this and understanding exactly how industries are spatially organized is the central theme of this book. Industrial Locat...