Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson

Gebundenes Buch

A Behavioural Theory of Economic Development

The Uneven Evolution of Cities and Regions

Beschreibung

This book establishes a novel behavioural theory of economic development to illustrate that differences in human behaviour across cities and regions, both individually and collectively, are a significant deep-rooted cause of uneven development within and across nations.

Autor

Robert Huggins is Chair of Economic Geography and Director of Research at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, as well as the Director of Cardiff University's Cities Research Centre. His research interests and expertise concern urban and regional economic development, in particular the study of behaviour, culture, competitiveness, knowledge flows, entrepreneurship, innovation, clusters, and inter-organizational networks. He has published more than eighty articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored or edited five books. Piers Thompson is Professor of Economics at Nottingham Business School and Deputy Unit of Assessment Coordinator at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. His research interests include behavioural economics, choice and welfare, and economic competitiveness, with a focus on spatial economics and understanding geographic differences in development, culture, entrepreneurship, network behaviour, and economic growth. He is a review board member of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research and has published over forty peer-reviewed journal articles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9780198832348
• ISBN-10: 0198832346
• Artikelnr.: 60328048