Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (273 pages)
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Series Title
Routledge frontiers of political economy
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables and cases; About the authors; Foreword by Michael Storper; Preface; Regional specialisation and localised learning; An introduction; Ubiquitification, knowledge and localised capabilites; Sustainable patterns of specialisation in a globalised economy; Firm competitiveness through knowledge creation; Localised capabilities and the competitiveness of regions and countries; Small countries, localised learning and lack of learning: the cases of furniture, fish and phones.
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Small nations: how to sustain prosperity in open, low-tech economiesComfort and competitiveness: the wooden furniture industry; Natural resources and the institutional endowment: the fishing industry; Footloose communications: the mobile phone industry; Conclusions and policy implications; Towards a learning-based industrial and regional policy; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book points the way out of a dilemma created by recent industrial theory and policy: is it possible for countries which are not destined to be leading high-tech powers to take advantage of the current trend for increasingly open markets?