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Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

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  1. Bruno Dallago
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  2. Chiara Guglielmetti
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

    1. Introduction: Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

      • Bruno Dallago, Chiara Guglielmetti
      Pages 1-14

  3. Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

    1. Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

      • Chiara Guglielmetti
      Pages 15-42

  4. Territories, Development and Competitiveness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Globalization and Local Economic Growth in South Africa

      • Wim Naudé, Waldo Krugell, Marianne Matthee
      Pages 45-74

    3. Provincial Systems of Innovation and Globalization in South Africa

      • Mario Scerri
      Pages 75-94

    4. Institutional Approach in China’s Local Development: The Cases Studies of Jiangsu and Zhejiang

      • Zhikai Wang
      Pages 95-112

    5. Cluster Development in Hungary: Searching for a ‘Critical Mass’ of Business via Cluster Mapping

      • Miklós Szanyi, Ichiro Iwasaki, Péter Csizmadia, Miklós Illésy, Csaba Makó
      Pages 113-133

    6. Local Government Corruption in Hungary

      • Zoltán Szántó, István János Tóth, Tünde Cserpes
      Pages 134-153

    7. Cluster Identification, Firm Culture and Cooperation Activities in a European Metropolitan Region: The Case of Nuremberg

      • Lutz Eigenhüller, Stefan Fuchs, Nicole Litzel, Joachim Möller
      Pages 154-174

    8. Beyond Commons: New Perspectives and Roles for Common Properties

      • Alessandro Gretter, Ilaria Goio, Geremia Gios
      Pages 175-189

  5. Firms, Context and Proximity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Innovation Driven Growth: Analytical Issues and Policy Implications

      • Pier Carlo Padoan
      Pages 193-208

    3. The Social Impact of Innovation at the Local Level: Microsoft Corporation and Grameen Bank

      • Zoltan J. Acs, Connie L. McNeely, Joseph Sany
      Pages 209-231

    4. The Public Interest in Economic Development and Creativity: A Knowledge Governance Perspective

      • Silvia Sacchetti, Roger Sugden
      Pages 232-241

    5. Global Sourcing and Business and Social Networks: Quality Heterogeneity and Firms’ Efficiency

      • Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti, Maria Luigia Segnana, Chiara Tomasi
      Pages 242-256

    6. Does Outsourcing Increase Labour Productivity? Evidence for a Local Production System in Emilia Romagna (Italy)

      • Sandro Montresor, Davide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Paolo Pini
      Pages 257-279

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 280-285
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About this book

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities.

About the authors

ZOLTAN J. ACS School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA DAVIDE ANTONIOLI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy TÜNDE CSERPES Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary PÉTER CSIZMADIA Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary LUTZ EIGENHÜLLER IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany STEFAN FUCHS IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany GEREMIA GIOS Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ILARIA GOIO Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ALESSANDRO GRETTER IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy MIKLÓS ILLÉSY Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary ICHIRO IWASAKI Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan WALDO KRUGELL School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa NICOLE LITZEL University of Regensburg and IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany CSABA MAKÓ Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary MARIANNE MATTHEE School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa MASSIMILIANO MAZZANTI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy JOACHIM MÖLLER University of Regensburg, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg and IZA, Germany SANDRO MONTRESOR Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy WIM NAUDÉ World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Helsinki, Finland CONNIE L. MCNEELY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA PIER CARLO PADOAN OECD and University of Rome, Italy PAOLO PINI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, Italy SILVIA SACCHETTI Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK JOSEPH SANY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA MARIO SCERRI Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa MARIA LUIGIA SEGNANA Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ROGER SUGDEN Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK ZOLTÁN SZÁNTÓ Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary MIKLÓS SZANYI Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary Debrecen University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Hungary CHIARA TOMASI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and University of Urbino, Italy ISTVÁN JÁNOS TÓTH Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IE HAS), Budapest, Hungary GIUSEPPE VITTUCCI MARZETTI Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy ZHIKAI WANG School of Economics, Zhejiang University, China

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