Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy

by John H. Dunning

Overview

This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of the world. It moves between the supra national macro region and the micro cluster, as well as looking at associated infrastructural and policy responses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198295365
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/23/2000
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Rutgers University

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of TablesAbbreviationsList of ContributorsIntroduction, John H. DunningPart One: Analytical Foundations1. Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge Economy: The Issues Stated, John H. Dunning2. Globalization and Knowledge Flows: An Industrial Geographer's Perspective, Michael Storper3. Knowledge, Globalization, and Regions: An Economist's Perspective, David B. Audretsch4. Multinational Enterprises and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging Global Practices, Örjan Sölvell and Julian BirkinshawPart Two: Macroregional Integration and the Knowledge-Based Economy5. Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: Some General Issues, Magnus Blomström, Ari Kokko, and Steven Globerman6. The Impact of the Completion of the European Internal Market on FDI, John H. Dunning7. Regional Integration: NAFTA and the Reconfiguration of North American Industry, Lorraine Eden and Antoine MonteilsPart Three: Country Case Studies8. Foreign Direct Investment into the USA: A Subnational Investigation, Lorna H. Wallace9. Policy Partnership in the Development of Knowledge Industries in Scotland, Ewen Peters, Stephen Young, and Neil Hood10. Large Firms and Industrial Districts in Europe: Deregionalization, Re-regionalization, and the Transformation of Manufacturing Flexibility, Gary Herrigel11. Firms, Regions, and Strategy in a Diverging World: The Australian Case, Peter Sheehan and Bhajan Grewal12. Innovation Systems, Networks, and the Knowledge-Based Economy in Korea, Sam Ock Park13. The Software Cluster in Bangalore, V. N. Balasubramanyam and Ahalya Balasubramanyam14. Singapore: Destination for Multinationals, Chia Siow Yue15. Globalization, Regionalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy in Hong Kong, Michael J. EnrightPart Four: Policy Implications16. Towards a Theory of Regional Policy, H. Peter Gray and John H. Dunning17. The Changing Nature of Foreign Investment Policy in Europe: From Promotion to Management, Ross Brown and Philip Raines18. Silicon Valley and the Resurgence of Route 128: Systems Integration and Regional Innovation, Michael BestIndex