Networks, governance and economic development : bridging disciplinary frontiers

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Title:

Author:

Querejeta, Mari Joes Aranguren.

ISBN:

9781847202710

Publication Information:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2008.

Physical Description:

xiii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Foreword / Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta and Roger Sugden -- 1. Networks, governance and economic development: an introduction / Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Iturrioz Landart and James R. Wilson -- Pt. I. Perspectives on Networking, Governance and Economic Development -- 2. The territorial economy: a general approach in order to understand and deal with globalization / Kristian Colletis-Wahl, Jose Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier, Leila Kebir, Bernard Pecqueur and Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau -- 3. Territorial dynamics: towards a new model of development facing globalization / Bernard Pecqueur -- 4. The scales of innovation spaces / Anne Lorentzen -- 5. Regional development as entrepreneurial networking: from rational choice to self-organizing / Bengt Johannisson -- 6. Multinational networks of local production systems: a basis for analysis and policy / Lisa De Propris, Stefano Menghinello and Roger Sugden -- Pt. II. Networking, Governance and Economic Development in Practice -- 7. Does cluster policy really enhance networking and increase competitiveness? / Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Aragon Amonarriz, Miren Larrea Aranguren and Cristina Iturrioz Landart -- 8. Policy on business networking in Ireland: a review and prospects for evaluation / Helena Lenihan and Roger Sugden -- 9. The governance of networks in the Shannon Region of Ireland / Helena Lenihan and B. Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- 10. Water governance and urban local development: an analysis of water services in Sub-Saharan African cities / Catherine Baron -- 11. The governance of clusters: progressive reactions to international competitive challenges / Marco Bellandi -- 12. The dialectics of network governance: a story from the front / Robbin te Velde -- 13. International networking in research and learning: reflections on the impacts of different governance processes / David Bailey, Lisa De Propris, Roger Sugden and James R. Wilson.

Abstract:

"Networks, Governance and Economic Development brings together the analysis of leading researchers in their fields, following their interactions at a European Science Foundation exploratory workshop. The chapters will be a resource for researchers working in the fields of regional economic development, economic geography and economic policy as well as postgraduate students taking modules that specialize in aspects of the themes of this book."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Business networks.

Corporate governance.

Added Author:

Querejeta, Mari Joes Aranguren.

Landart, Cristina Iturrioz.

Wilson, James R., 1976-

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This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships.

Analyzing the governance of networks is critical in understanding how individual localities are able to promote development and consolidate positions within global production systems. In addressing such issues, this book accomplishes a significant bridging of disciplinary boundaries, incorporating different theoretical and empirical perspectives on the meanings and roles of territory, economic development and different forms of networks and governance.

Networks, Governance and Economic Development brings together the analysis of leading researchers in their fields, following their interactions at a European Science Foundation exploratory workshop. The chapters will be an invaluable resource to researchers working in the fields of regional economic development, economic geography and economic policy as well as postgraduate students taking modules that specialize in aspects of the above themes.