Jennifer Clark

Working Regions (eBook, PDF)

Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Working Regions focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four 'working regions' - regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities - the book argues for a new approach to regional economic development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135923778
• Artikelnr.: 39266241

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Clark is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. She writes, consults, and speaks on the subject of national and regional development policies related to innovation and manufacturing, and the effect of those policies on cities and their economic competitiveness. Her book Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy, a collaboration with Susan Christopherson, won the Best Book Award from the Regional Studies Association in 2009 and is also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Working Regions: Regeneration by design 2. The Spatial Distribution of
Advanced Manufacturing 3. The Rise of the Research Center: The nexus
between national innovation policies and regional development 4. The Trade
in Innovation: The evolution of intellectual property markets 5. Hidden in
Plain Sight: The North American optics and photonics industry 6. Working
Regions in Practice: Apparel and outdoor equipment and medical devices
industries 7. Flexible Specialization 2.0: The design + build approach to
working regions