The Regional World

Territorial Development in a Global Economy
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-1-57230-315-7
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Perspectives on Economic Change

This pioneering volume proposes a compelling new theory of how regions have sustained their economic viability in the era of multinational corporations. Unlike traditional approaches, which analyze economic systems in terms of their mechanics (inputs, outputs, prices, technology, etc.), this work views them as systems for coordinating human actions and relationships. Reconceptualizing the role of learning, technology, and local institutions in development, Storper illuminates the key role of regional economies as building blocks of the increasingly connected world.

A thought-provoking and timely work, The Regional World carries resounding implications for educators, students, and policymakers in economic geography, economic sociology, and international business. It is an essential primary or supplementary text for graduate-level courses on economic, regional, or industrial development and policy and international business.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Storper, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE REGIONAL WORLD

I. Regions as Relations and Conventions
1. The Resurgence of Regional Economies, Ten Years Later
2. Regional Economies as Relational Assets
II. Evolution and Territorial Development
3. The Evolution of Regional Specificities
4. Crossing Industrial Divides in a Region
III. Products, Technologies, and Territories
5. Innovation as Collective Action: Conventions, Products, Technologies, and Territories
6. Regional Worlds of Production: Conventions of Learning and Innovation in the Technology Districts of France, Italy, and the United States
IV. Globalization and Territorial Specificity
7. Territories, Flows, and Hierarchies in the Clobal Economy
8. The Limits to Globalization: Technology Districts and International Trade
9. The World of the City: Local Relations in a Global Economy
V. Regional Institutions, Territorial Orders
10. Institutions of the Learning Economy
11. Conclusion: Technology, Firm Strategies, and Territorial Order

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Storper is Professor of Regional and International Development in the School of Public Policy and Social Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Professor in Social and Human Sciences at the University of Marne-la-Vallée, France.