The associational economy
firms, regions, and innovation
- ISBN: 9780198296591
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2000
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 246
- Idiomas: Inglés
The Associational Economy focuses on the ways firms are rediscovering the importance of regions in their quest to improve competitiveness through innovation. Evidence from firm and governance practices in four European regions supports more general arguments of the emergence of an `associational' economy based on partnership, networking, and collective learning. ÍNDICE The Associational Economy: Introduction 1 the Institutions of Innovation 2 Firms as Laboratories: Re-inventing the Corporation 3 The Region as a Nexus of Learning Processes 4 Baden-WD"u rttemberg: The Evolution of a Model Region 5 Emilia-Romagna: From Civic Culture to Global Networks 6 Wales: Innovating through GlobalLocal Interaction 7 The Basque Conundrum: Regional Autonomy and Economic Decline 8 Evolutionary Processes and Regional Practices
1:the Institutions of Innovation
2:Firms as Laboratories: Re-inventing the Corporation
3:The Region as a Nexus of Learning Processes
4:Baden-WD"u rttemberg: The Evolution of a Model Region
5:Emilia-Romagna: From Civic Culture to Global Networks
6:Wales: Innovating through GlobalLocal Interaction
7:The Basque Conundrum: Regional Autonomy and Economic Decline
8:Evolutionary Processes and Regional Practices
