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Author:   Frank Giarratani ,  Geoffrey J.D. Hewings ,  Philip McCann ,  Philip McCann
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781843769613

ISBN 10:   1843769611
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   27 December 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction to the Relationships between Economic Geography and Industries: Theory, Empirics and Modes of Analysis Frank Giarattani, Geoffrey J.G. Hewings and Philip McCann PART I: HEAVY INDUSTRIES 1. Steel Industry Restructuring and Location Frank Giarratani, Ravi Madhavan and Gene Gruver 2. The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry Thomas Klier and James M. Rubenstein 3. The Changing Geography of the European Auto Industry Gill Bentley, David Bailey and Stewart MacNeill PART II: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 4. Project-Based Industries and Craft-Like Production: Structure, Location, and Performance Peter B. Doeringer, Pacey Foster, Stephan Manning and David Terkla 5. Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Cross-Sectoral Skill Transfer in the Video Game Industry: A Three Country Study Yuko Aoyama and Hiro Izushi 6. Spatial Divisions of Labor: How Key Worker Profiles Vary for the Same Industry in Different Regions Ann Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus 7. Museums in the Neighbourhood: The Local Economic Impact of Museums Stephen Sheppard PART III: HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS 8. Spinoff Regions: Entrepreneurial Emergence and Regional Development in Second Tier High-Technology Regions: Observations from the Oregon and Idaho Electronics Sectors Heike Mayer 9. Location, Control and Firm Innovation: The Case of the Mobile Handset Industry Ram Mudambi 10. How Has Information Technology Use Shaped the Geography of Economic Activity? Chris Forman 11. R&D, Knowledge, Economic Growth and the Transatlantic Productivity Gap Raquel Ortega-Argilés PART IV: RESOURCE-BASED SECTORS 12. The Changing Structure of the Global Agribusiness Sector Ruth Rama and Catalina Martínez 13. Social Capital and the Development of Industrial Clusters: The Northwest Ohio Greenhouse Cluster Michael C. Carroll and Neil Reid 14. Computational Structure for Linking Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Modeling: A Case Study on Urban Recycling and Remanufacturing Joyce Cooper, Randall Jackson and Nancey Green Leigh 15. The Importance of the Water Management Sector in Dutch Agriculture and the Wider Economy Frank Bruinsma and Mark Bokhorst PART V: KNOWLEDGE- AND NETWORK-BASED ACTIVITIES 16. The Geography of Research and Development Activity in the US Kristy Buzard and Gerald Carlino 17. Offshore Assembly and Service Industries in Latin America Elsie L Echeverri-Carroll 18. The Global Air Transport Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Network Structures in Major Continental Regions Aisling Reynolds-Feighan 19. Innovation in New Zealand: Issues of Firm Size, Local Market Size and Economic Geography Hong Shangqin, Philip McCann and Les Oxley 20. They are Industrial Districts, but Not As We Know Them! Fiorenza Belussi and Lisa De Propris Index

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'Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.' - David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US

`Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path-breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US

Author Information

Edited by Frank Giarratani, University of Pittsburgh, US, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US and Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

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