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Book SynopsisA 2012 ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Many of the United States' most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants, generating trillions of dollars annually, employing millions of workers, and helping establish the United States as the most entrepreneurial, technologically advanced society on earth. Now, Vivek Wadhwa, an immigrant tech entrepreneur turned academic with appointments at Duke, Stanford, Emory, and Singularity Universities, draws on his new Kauffman Foundation research to show that the United States is in the midst of an unprecedented halt in high-growth, immigrant-founded start-ups. He argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere. The consequences to our economy are dire; our multi-trillion dollar loss will be the gain of our global competitors. With his signature fearlessness and clarity, Wadhwa offers a concise framework for understanding the Immigrant Exodus and offers a recipe for reversal and rapid recovery.Trade Review"Vivek Wadhwa's new book, The Immigrant Exodus, is admirably short, yet he packs it with righteous fury. America, he points out, has one of the greatest assets a nation can have: people yearn to live there." --The Economist "A thoughtful contribution to the dialogue surrounding immigration." --Kirkus Reviews "Immigrants have long been the backbone of America--our nation itself was a start-up founded by immigrants. The Immigrant Exodus demonstrates the danger this country faces if it continues to turn away such a precious resource." --World Policy Review "A must-read for anyone who wants to understand why America is losing the talent race." --Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal "As the son of immigrants and a champion of American Innovation, I can think of no more important book for our politicians and CEOs to read. Get it, read it and fix this problem now." --Peter H. Diamandis, MD, Chairman/CEO, X PRIZE Foundation and author of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think "Talk about hitting our economy when it's down! And we're doing it to ourselves, as Vivek Wadhwa's shocking new book illustrates...Vivek's timely book should wake Washington up to this destructive folly." --Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media "Over the past couple of years, Wadhwa has been at the forefront sounding the alarm about America's flawed immigration system. In The Immigrant Exodus, he writes persuasively about the problem and what we need to do to solve it. A must-read." --Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman, LinkedIn and partner at Greylock "With his masterful blend of hard-hitting analyses and empathy for the real people who strive to succeed, Wadhwa lays out a strategy for keeping America the birthplace of great innovation. The Immigrant Exodus is a must-read." --Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. founder, Level Playing Field Institute "Vivek hits the nail on the head: The key to unlocking American prosperity is making it easier for immigrant entrepreneurs to start businesses here and ultimately stay here. Voices like Vivek's are critical to making that reform possible." --Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner, Andreessen Horowitz "I highly recommend The Immigrant Exodus for everyone who is concerned about America's competitiveness in the twenty-first century." --Vinod Dham, Executive Managing Director, IndoUS Venture Partners "The Immigrant Exodus points out clearly that America is in a stiff competition for valued immigrants, the entrepreneurs and the capital of the world, and we can do something about it." --Timothy Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson "The Immigrant Exodus is a cautionary tale of a great success going wrong and what we can do to reverse this trend before it is too late." --Mitch Kapor, founder Lotus Development Corp. "In The Immigrant Exodus, Wadhwa argues that America remains the beacon of hope for talented individuals from around the world. Let's not allow this flame to be extinguished." --Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman, Participant Media "A wakeup call. Vivek Wadhwa proposes enlightened and constructive ways to keep the American Dream alive for the best and brightest global talent." --Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa "As a nation, we're fortunate to have Vivek Wadhwa and others advocating on behalf of America's future prosperity." --Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

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Book SynopsisThe progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedom “Mike Konczal [is] one of our most powerful advocates of financial reform‚ [a] heroic critic of austerity‚ and a huge resource for progressives.”—Paul KrugmanHealth insurance, student loan debt, retirement security, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownership—these are the issues driving America’s current political debates. And they are all linked, as this brilliant and timely book reveals, by a single question: should we allow the free market to determine our lives? In the tradition of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, noted economic commentator Mike Konczal answers this question with a resounding no. Freedom from the Market blends passionate political argument and a bold new take on American history to reveal that, from the earliest days of the republic, Americans have defined freedom as what we keep free from the control of the market. With chapters on the history of the Homestead Act and land ownership, the eight-hour work day and free time, social insurance and Social Security, World War II day cares, Medicare and desegregation, free public colleges, intellectual property, and the public corporation, Konczal shows how citizens have fought to ensure that everyone has access to the conditions that make us free. At a time when millions of Americans—and more and more politicians—are questioning the unregulated free market, Freedom from the Market offers a new narrative, and new intellectual ammunition, for the fight that lies ahead.Trade ReviewPraise for Freedom from the Market:“The Roosevelt Institute’s Konczal is one of the warriors in this fight, arguing fiercely for the need to set much narrower limits on what is left to markets than has been the case in recent decades. A powerful polemic.”—Martin Wolf, Financial Times“Freedom from the Market arrives at a moment when, as Konczal observes, millions of Americans are recovering a legacy of fighting market rule.”—Los Angeles Review of Books“Freedom from the Market has the potential to be a very important book, focusing attention on the contested, messy but crucially important intersection between social movements and the state. It provides a set of ideas that people on both sides of that divide can learn from, and a lively alternative foundation to the deracinated technocratic notions of politics, in which good policy would somehow, magically, be politically self supporting, that has prevailed up until quite recently. Strongly recommended.”—Crooked Timber“Invaluable, thoughtful and thought-provoking.”—Midwest Book Review“By identifying an alternative grammar, one that is grounded in the American past, Freedom from the Market provides a way out of the political cul-de-sac created by the failure of the market to deliver on its promises of ‘freedom.’”—Democracy: A Journal of Ideas“With carefully selected examples and lucid prose, Konczal makes a convincing case that the American project has long depended on rigorous regulation of capitalism. Progressive voters and policy makers will find plenty of ammunition for their arguments in this cogent history.”—Publishers Weekly“An economic manifesto on behalf of the 99% poorly served by the present economy.”—Kirkus Reviews“Providing solid cases where government regulations helped to give Americans a better life, this will appeal to progressives looking for a history of their movement.”—Library Journal “Freedom from the Market is an impressive book, easily one of the best I’ve read in the past several years. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Matt Mazewski, Commonweal “Markets will set us free—except when they won’t, don’t, can’t. In this deeply researched yet eminently readable book, Mike Konczal tells the powerful forgotten story of how American democracy once tamed markets to advance our freedom, and shows us how it could do so once again.”—Jacob Hacker, professor of political science, Yale University, and New York Times bestselling author of Winner-Take-All Politics and American Amnesia “Konczal’s analysis brilliantly dismantles the false illusions of market freedom in every sector, including finance, health care, and labor. This book explains how Americans have been hoodwinked into a coercive economy even as we were promised the opposite.”—Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of law, UC Irvine, and author of The Color of Money and How the Other Half Banks “Mike Konczal is that rare economics commentator who thinks the economy should serve people, not the other way around. Freedom from the Market reclaims from the dustbin of history the Americans who dreamed of a vastly different kind of freedom than the one we’re now taught to revere.”—Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt and Work Won’t Love You Back “Mike Konczal’s powerful historical study links political struggles over land, time, care, and education around the idea of freedom, reclaiming this familiar watchword and asking readers to think anew about its real meaning.”—Kimberly Philips-Fein, associate professor, New York University, and author of Fear City and Invisible Hands

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Book Synopsis'This elegantly written and very readable book can be highly recommended to scholars and students in regional science and economic geography alike. Those familiar with the wider discourse and contemporary debates will find this book a stimulating complement to the established repertoire on creativity and innovation while those just starting to explore these themes will experience this book as valuable introduction.' Melanie Fasche, Journal of Regional ScienceWhat is creativity and who exactly is creative? In this insightful and highly readable book, Gunnar Tornqvist attempts to answer these questions by arguing that geographical millieux are hotbeds for creativity and renewal - places where pioneers in art, technology and science have gathered and developed their special abilities. In light of ongoing social and economic transformations, special attention is paid to the institutional settings in firms and universities. The goal is to identify those features which facilitate and those which impede the creative process. Individual lives are illustrated through the autobiographies of hundreds of Nobel Laureates. Their life paths reveal the importance of geographic mobility and contact patterns for the development of creativity and international prestige. From these biographies we can also see how local millieux and schools have influenced many scientists. The Geography of Creativity will be of great benefit to academics and students in regional science, economic geography and economics.Trade ReviewThis book offers a comprehensive perspective on the salience of context in fostering or hindering creativity. After several decades of research and teaching, Gunnar Tornqvist has become a foremost authority on the subject. Here, his elegant conceptual overview is complemented by a methodologically innovative scrutiny of career journeys, including those of Nobel Prize laureates. The Geography of Creativity will be warmly welcomed by not only cultural geographers, but also by scholars in various fields of social science and humanities. --Anne Buttimer, University College Dublin, IrelandGunnar Tornqvist, one of the world's most distinguished economic geographers, can fairly claim to have discovered the notion of the geography of creativity over thirty years ago. This remarkable book summarises his immensely original and important research on the subject, which now dominates the geographical literature. It is the book that the world has been waiting for him to publish. --Sir Peter Hall, University College London, UK[T]he author must be credited on successfully opening the black box of creativity to economic geographers by introducing well-known insights and a vast literature from psychology. The book provides an expedient additional material to many graduate seminars dealing with creativity and innovation geographies and serves as a vital input for discussions concerning the renewal process as a whole. The Geography of Creativity is a well-written, compelling book with astonishing examples and a valuable read for economic geographers, historians and in fact to everyone with a general interest in approaching creativity from a spatial perspective. --Lech Suwala, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Prologue 2. Process 3. Person 4. Place 5. Metropolis 6. The Institutional Milieu 7. The Scientific Revolution 8. Universities in Focus 9. Research Milieux Par Préférence 10. Nobel Laureates 11. Scientific Careers in Time and Space 12. Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely and fascinating book illustrates how applied geography can contribute in a multitude of ways to assist policy processes, evaluate public programs, enhance business decisions, and contribute to formulating solutions for community-level problems. The book showcases studies by applied geographers from across the globe collaborating with the public sector, businesses, NGOs and communities to demonstrate how geography - with its space and place perspective and its explicitly spatial methods and tools - has been employed to address significant real-world issues. The 20 case studies have been conducted at a variety of levels of scale and situational contexts, and employ a range of quantitative and qualitative approaches including spatial and statistical modelling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), impact analysis and action research. This enlightening and informative book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics, students and practitioners with a specific interest in applied geography and spatial analysis. Contributors: F. Arenas, R.G.V. Baker, D. Ballas, M. Birkin, A. Bloodworth, J.R. Bryson, W.M. Burns, M.C. Carroll, M.-H. Chan, P. Chhetri, G. Clarke, T.L. Clower, J. Corcoran, D. de Abreu, A. Esteves, M.L. Fonseca, D. Giband, T.H. Grubesic, K.E. Haynes, A. Higginson, S. Hynes, H. Ismail, P.-C. Lau, J. Lombard, C.-T. Low, F. McEvoy, P.O. McIntyre, B.E. Montz, K. Morrissey, A.T. Murray, C. O'Donoghue, H. Qian, D. Rohde, J. Roosaare, E. Sepp, E. Stern, R. Stimson, R.R. Stough, M. Taylor, D. Tong, S.C. Turner, B.L. Weinstein, M. Wong, W.-C. Wong, S.N. Wood, C. ZuoTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Applied Geography: Relevance and Approaches Robert Stimson and Kingsley E. Haynes 2. A Geographic Perspective on Demographic Evolution in Europe: The CEG Participation in the ESPON 1.1.4 Project Diogo de Abreu 3. A National Transport Policy: The Case of Pakistan Roger R. Stough 4. Spatial Modelling, GIS and Network Analysis for Improving the Sustainability of Transporting Aggregates in the UK Chengchao Zuo, Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Fiona McEvoy and Andrew Bloodworth 5. SMILE: An Applied Spatial Micro-simulation Model for Ireland Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas and Stephen Hynes 6. Using GIS and Spatial Modelling to Support School Network Planning in Estonia Edgar Sepp, Jüri Roosaare 7. Spatial Optimization: Expanding Emergency Services to Address Regional Growth and Development Alan T. Murray, Daoqin Tong and Tony H. Grubesic 8. Urban Growth in the Brisbane–South East Queensland Region and its Implications for Emergency Services Provision: A Geographical Information Systems-based Approach Jonathan Corcoran, Robert Stimson, Prem Chhetri, David Rohde and Angela Higginson 9. Geographical Dimensions of Federal Investment in Small Business Development Kingsley E. Haynes, Haifeng Qian and Sidney C. Turner 10. Geographic Modelling, Public Policy, and Informing the ‘Store Wars’ Sovereignty Debate in Australia Robert G.V. Baker and Stephen N. Wood 11. Defending a Territory: Automobile Dealership Customer and Site Analysis John Lombard 12. West Midlands (UK) Regional Planning (1999–2012), Functioning Economic Geography and the E3I Belt: Coping with Uncomfortable Truths Michael Taylor and John R. Bryson 13. Technopoles: Governance and Networking Haddad Ismail 14. Economics of Space: Estimating the Economic Significance of a NASA Testing Facility Michael C. Carroll and Will M. Burns 15. Using Input–Output Analysis and GIS to Assess Economic, Fiscal and Developmental Impacts of Toll Roads in Dallas: A 40-Year Perspective Bernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower 16. Helping Community Groups to Address Urban Planning Issues in a Deprived Gipsy Neighbourhood: Geographical Experiences from Perpignan in a Post-riot Context David Giband 17. Designing, Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating an Urban Community Development Programme in Portugal Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Alina Esteves 18. A Local Master Plan for Biospheric Conservation and Development: Concept, Methodology and Application Eliahu Stern 19. Assessing Responses to National Weather Service Warnings: The Case of a Tornado Burrell E. Montz 20. Managing Environmental Hazards of Outdoor Falls Among the Elderly Population of Hong Kong Poh-Chin Lau, Wing-Cheung Wong, Ming-Houng Chan, Chien-Tat Low and Martin Wong 21. Hydropower in Chilean Patagonia: Evaluating Socio-economic Conditions for Resettlement and/or Compensation of Rural Inhabitants Frederico Arenas and Pablo Osses McIntyre Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book presents a wide range of quantitative methods, including complex network analysis and econometric modelling, to illustrate how the Internet both follows, and at the same time challenges, more traditional geographies.Emmanouil Tranos explores the spatiality of the Internet, its physical infrastructure, and the geographic and socio-economic factors that shape its spatial distribution. He shows that although the Internet is a technical system with strong topological attributes, an almost 'hidden' spatial dimension also exists. The scattering of Internet Backbone Networks across European city-regions is compared with the aviation network in order to better understand the topology of the digital infrastructure. Finally, a causality analysis demonstrates the significant positive effect of the Internet infrastructure in the economic development of regions characterized by high absorptive capacity.This book will prove a highly fascinating read for those with an interest in Internet geographies, ICTs, regional development and infrastructure, digital economy, network analysis, and regional science. Practitioners working on local and regional development, as well as those focusing on ICTs, digital economy and smart cities, will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Fundamentals of the Internet Infrastructure: A Cross-discipline Review 3. Methodology and Research Framework 4. The Network Nature of the Internet Infrastructure 5. Internet Backbone and Aviation Networks: A Comparative Study 6. An Explanatory Analysis of the (Unequal) Distribution of the Internet Backbone Networks 7. Internet Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Causality Analysis 8. Conclusions References IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Fundamentals of the Internet Infrastructure: A Cross-discipline Review 3. Methodology and Research Framework 4. The Network Nature of the Internet Infrastructure 5. Internet Backbone and Aviation Networks: A Comparative Study 6. An Explanatory Analysis of the (Unequal) Distribution of the Internet Backbone Networks 7. Internet Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Causality Analysis 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisFewer than 100 people own and control more wealth than 50 per cent of the world's population. The Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich is a landmark multidisciplinary evaluation of both the lives and lifestyles of the super-rich, as well as the processes that underpin super-wealth generation and its unequal distribution.Drawing on international case studies, leading experts from across the social sciences offer 22 accessible and coherently organized chapters, which critically analyse a range of topics including: the legitimacy of extreme wealth from a moral economic perspective biographies of illicit super-wealth London's housing markets how the very wealthy fly the environmental consequences of super-rich lives crafting immigration policies to attract the rich. Students and scholars studying a host of topics such as development studies, economics, geography, history, political science and sociology will find this book eminently engaging. It will also be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations and NGOs concerned with wealth and income distributions.Contributors: R. Atkinson, J.V. Beaverstock, L. Budd, R. Burrows, L. Crewe, A. Davison, A.D. Dixon, R. Forrest, D.R. Green, S. Hall, T. Hall, I. Hay, I. Kapoor, S.Y. Koh, G. Mangraviti, A. Martin, I.A. Osuoka, A. Owens, R. Palan, C. Paris, D. Rhodes, A. Sayer, P.G. Schervish, S. Schulz, J.R. Short, E. Spence, A. Watson, B. Wissink, M. Woods, A. ZalikTrade Review'All you ever wanted to know about the super-rich but were too embarrassed to ask - because we are not really supposed to talk that much about money, especially not about people with huge amounts of money, people who are so very far above us. Thankfully nearly three dozen scholars have decided to break the usual taboos and reveal all about our wealthiest of fellow human beings. Just what have they done for us, how did they get so rich, what is their individual carbon footprint and so much more. The new gilded age is coming to an end. It begins to end as we study those who live in the most gilded of cages, no longer in admiration but with great inquisitiveness, and accuracy.' --Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, UKVery highly recommended for both community and academic library reference collections, Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich will also prove to be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations, governmental policy makers, NGO activists, and the non-specialist general reader concerned with wealth and income distributions.' --The Midwest Book Review Table of ContentsContents: 1. ‘They’ve Never Had it so Good’: The Rise and Rise of the Super-Rich and Wealth Inequality Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Iain Hay 2. Reconsidering the Super-Rich: Variations, Structural Conditions, and Urban Consequences Sin Yee Koh, Bart Wissink and Ray Forrest PART I WEALTH, SELF AND SOCIETY 3. Historical Geographies of Wealth: Opportunities, Institutions and Accumulation, C.1800–1930 Alastair Owens and David R. Green 4. On Plutonomy: Economy, Power and the Wealthy Few in the Second Gilded Age Iain Hay 5. Interrogating the Legitimacy of Extreme Wealth: A Moral Economic Perspective Andrew Sayer 6. Billionaire Philanthropy: ‘Decaf Capitalism’ Ilan Kapoor 7. Making Money and Making a Self: The Moral Career of Entrepreneurs Paul G. Schervish 8. Taking Up Caletrío’s Challenge: Silence and the Construction of Wealth Eliteness in Jamie Johnson’s Documentary Film Born Rich Sam Schulz and Iain Hay 9. “One Time I’ma Show You How To Get Rich!” Rap Music, Wealth and the Rise of the Hip-Hop Mogul Allan Watson 10. Biographies of Illicit Super-Wealth Tim Hall PART II LIVING WEALTHY 11. Capital City? London’s Housing Markets and the ‘Super-Rich’ Rowland Atkinson, Roger Burrows and David Rhodes 12. The Residential Spaces of the Super-Rich Chris Paris 13. Reconfiguring Places – Wealth and the Transformation of Rural Areas Michael Woods 14. Performing Wealth and Status: Observing Super-yachts and the Super-rich in Monaco Emma Spence 15. Flights of Indulgence (Or How the Very Wealthy Fly): The Aeromobile Patterns and Practices of the Super-Rich Lucy Budd 16. Looking at Luxury: Consuming Luxury Fashion in Global Cities Louise Crewe and Amber Martin 17. The Luxury of Nature: The Environmental Consequences of Super-Rich Lives Aidan Davison PART III WEALTH AND POWER 18. Attracting Wealth: Crafting Immigration Policy to Attract the Rich John Rennie Short 19. Sovereign Wealth and the Nation-State Adam D. Dixon 20. Super-Rich Capitalism: Managing and Preserving Private Wealth Management in the Offshore World Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Sarah Hall 21. Troubling Tax Havens: Multi-Jurisdictional Arbitrage and Corporate Tax Footprint Reduction Ronen Palan and Giovanni Mangraviti 22. No Change There! Wealth and Oil Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka and Anna Zalik Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven competitiveness. In particular, economic geographers and spatial economists have rapidly developed the theoretical tools by which to approach such analyses. The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the advanced theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make sense of the determinants of uneven development across regions. Drawing on an international field of leading scholars, the book is assembled and organized so that readers can first learn of the theoretical underpinnings of regional competitiveness and development theory, before moving on to deeper discussions of key factors and principal elements, the emergence of allied concepts, empirical applications, and the policy context. International in its scope, including global empirical analysis, the book is a definitive resource in terms of providing access to some of the seminal research and thinking on regional competitiveness. This contemporary Handbook is an ideal reference for students and academics in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. It will also appeal to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in regional economic development.Contributors include: K. Aiginger, P. Annoni, M.J. Aranguren, D. Audretsch, P.-A. Balland, R. Boschma, R. Camagni, R. Cellini, J. Crespo, P. Di Caro, L. Dijkstra, J. Fagerberg, M. Firgo, U. Fratesi, R. Harris, R. Huggins, J. Jansson, C. Ketels, I. Lengyel, E. Magro, E.J. Malecki, A. Mamtora, R. Martin, P. McCann, H. Menendez, P. Ni, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Periáñez, A. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, L. Saez, J. Shen, M. Srholec, M. Storper, P. Sunley, M. Thissen, P. Thompson, G. Torrisi, I. Turok, F. van Oort, Y. Wang, A. Waxell, C. Wilkie, J.R. WilsonTrade Review'This book helps us better understand the geography of economic competitiveness. With contributions from an international cast of leading scholars, it shows what works and what doesn't and what it means for efforts to improve the competitiveness of regions and nations.' --(Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Regional Competitiveness and Development: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART I REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH 2. Explaining Regional Growth and Change Michael Storper 3. Measuring and Monitoring Regional Competitiveness in the European Union Paola Annoni and Lewis Dijkstra 4. Regional Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Evolution of Explanatory Models Richard Harris 5. Explaining Regional Economic Performance: The Role of Competitiveness, Specialization and Capabilities Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec 6. Economic Competitiveness and Regional Development Dynamics Edward J. Malecki PART II THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 7. Regional Competitiveness: Connecting an Old Concept With New Goals Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo 8. Regional Economic Competition and Place-Based Policies Frank Van Oort and Mark Thissen 9. The Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness Ugo Fratesi 10. Territorial Capital, Competitiveness and Regional Development Roberto Camagni 11. A Network Theory of Regional Competitiveness: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART III REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY 12. Resilience, Networks and Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework Joan Crespo, Ron Boschma and Pierre-Alexandre Balland 13. Competitiveness and Regional Economic Resilience Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 14. Regional Resilience in Italy: Do Employment and Income Tell the Same Story? Roberto Cellini, Paolo Di Caro and GianpieroTorrisi 15. Quality and Space: A Framework for Quality-Based Regional Competitiveness Johan Jansson and Anders Waxell PART IV COMPETITIVENESS AND EMERGING REGIONS 16. Innovation and Competitiveness in the Periphery of Europe Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 17. Urban Land, Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Global South Ivan Turok 18. Competitive and Uncompetitive Regions in Transition Economies: The Case of the Visegrad Post-Socialist Countries Imre Lengyel PART V URBAN REGIONS AND CITY COMPETITIVENESS 19. Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of 500 Cities Around The World Pengfei Ni and Yufei Wang 20. Competition and Cooperation in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Region Jianfa Shen 21. Measuring Urban Competitiveness In Europe Lucía Sáez and Iñaki Periáñez PART VI REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES AND POLICY 22. Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments? Christian Ketels 23. The Strategic Management of Places and Regional Competitiveness David Audretsch, Hugo Menendez, Aileen Richardson and Apexa Mamtora 24. Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialization Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 25. Regional Competitiveness Policy in an Era of Smart Specialization Strategies Mari José Aranguren, Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach allows the authors to explain why the economic geography of these different industries exhibits such particular and diverse characteristics. The sectors and industries covered include: traditional heavy industry and engineering creative and cultural industries knowledge sectors natural resource-based and environmental sectors knowledge, networks and communications issues. The Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography will strongly appeal to students, scholars and researchers interested in all aspects of industrial location and economic geography.Trade Review’Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.’ -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, BloomingtonTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Relationships between Economic Geography and Industries: Theory, Empirics and Modes of Analysis Frank Giarattani, Geoffrey J.G. Hewings and Philip McCann PART I: HEAVY INDUSTRIES 1. Steel Industry Restructuring and Location Frank Giarratani, Ravi Madhavan and Gene Gruver 2. The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry Thomas Klier and James M. Rubenstein 3. The Changing Geography of the European Auto Industry Gill Bentley, David Bailey and Stewart MacNeill PART II: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 4. Project-Based Industries and Craft-Like Production: Structure, Location, and Performance Peter B. Doeringer, Pacey Foster, Stephan Manning and David Terkla 5. Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Cross-Sectoral Skill Transfer in the Video Game Industry: A Three Country Study Yuko Aoyama and Hiro Izushi 6. Spatial Divisions of Labor: How Key Worker Profiles Vary for the Same Industry in Different Regions Ann Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus 7. Museums in the Neighbourhood: The Local Economic Impact of Museums Stephen Sheppard PART III: HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS 8. Spinoff Regions: Entrepreneurial Emergence and Regional Development in Second Tier High-Technology Regions: Observations from the Oregon and Idaho Electronics Sectors Heike Mayer 9. Location, Control and Firm Innovation: The Case of the Mobile Handset Industry Ram Mudambi 10. How Has Information Technology Use Shaped the Geography of Economic Activity? Chris Forman 11. R&D, Knowledge, Economic Growth and the Transatlantic Productivity Gap Raquel Ortega-Argilés PART IV: RESOURCE-BASED SECTORS 12. The Changing Structure of the Global Agribusiness Sector Ruth Rama and Catalina Martínez 13. Social Capital and the Development of Industrial Clusters: The Northwest Ohio Greenhouse Cluster Michael C. Carroll and Neil Reid 14. Computational Structure for Linking Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Modeling: A Case Study on Urban Recycling and Remanufacturing Joyce Cooper, Randall Jackson and Nancey Green Leigh 15. The Importance of the Water Management Sector in Dutch Agriculture and the Wider Economy Frank Bruinsma and Mark Bokhorst PART V: KNOWLEDGE- AND NETWORK-BASED ACTIVITIES 16. The Geography of Research and Development Activity in the US Kristy Buzard and Gerald Carlino 17. Offshore Assembly and Service Industries in Latin America Elsie L Echeverri-Carroll 18. The Global Air Transport Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Network Structures in Major Continental Regions Aisling Reynolds-Feighan 19. Innovation in New Zealand: Issues of Firm Size, Local Market Size and Economic Geography Hong Shangqin, Philip McCann and Les Oxley 20. They are Industrial Districts, but Not As We Know Them! Fiorenza Belussi and Lisa De Propris Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an overview and assessment of the state-of-the-art research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography.Understanding spatial economic outcomes and the forces and mechanisms that influence the geography of economic growth is of utmost importance and demands substantial theoretical and empirical research in economic geography, spatial economics and regional science. Such research is critically dependent upon good and reliable empirical data, and it is here that this Handbook contributes, providing a broad overview of up-to-date research methods and approaches. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a background in different academic disciplines including economics, economic human and cultural geography, and economic history.Researchers and academics in economics and economic geography will find this a fundamental reference point and will benefit from the comprehensive assessment of research methods and approaches in the field. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find the practical applications to be of utmost value.Contributors: M. Andersson, G. Arbia, B. Asheim, R. Basile, M. Birkin, R. Boschma, S. Brakman, J. Bröcker, L. Broersma, H-H. Chang, G. Clarke, M. Clarke, L. Coenen, J. Corcoran, S. Dall'erba, G. Espa, A.M. Esteves, A. Faggian, M.M. Fischer, K. Frenken, M. Fritsch, D. Giuliani, K.E. Haynes, G.J.D. Hewings, M. Horváth, G. Ivanova, N. Kapitsinis, C. Karlsson, H. Khawaldah, M. Kilkenny, J. Klaesson, S. Koster, J.P. Larsson, J. Lesage, Y. Li, I. Llamosas-Rosas, P.A. Longley, T. Mitze, J. Moodysson, I. Noback, T. Norman, J. Oosterhaven, J. Parajuli, M. Partridge, D. Psaltopoulos, M. Schramm, D. Skuras, A. Stephan, P. Thulin, S. Usai, J. van Dijk, C. van Marrewijk, F. van Oort, F. Vanclay, A. Varga, H. WestlundTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: GENERAL METHODS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL SCIENCE 1. Spatial Econometrics James Lesage 2. Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Johannes Bröcker 3. Factor Prices and Geographical Economics Steven Brakman and Charles van Marrewijk 4. Shift-Share and Its New Extension Kingsley E. Haynes and Jitendra Parajuli 5. Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems Paul A. Longley 6. Analysis of Spatial Concentration and Dispersion Giuseppe Arbia, Giuseppe Espa and Diego Giuliani 7. Simultaneous-equations Analysis in Regional Science and Economic Geography Timo Mitze and Andreas Stephan 8. Neural Networks: A Class of Flexible Non-linear Models for Regression and Classification Manfred M. Fischer 9. Social Accounting Analysis Demetrios Psaltopoulos and Dimitris Skuras PART II: METHODS AND APPROACHES OF REGIONAL ANALYSIS 10. Local Multiplier and Economic Base Analysis Per Thulin 11. Analysis of Regional Endogenous Growth Roberto Basile and Stefano Usai 12. Unity in Variety? Agglomeration Economics Beyond the Specialisation-Diversity Controversy Frank van Oort 13. Methods and Applications of Regional Innovation Systems Analysis Bjørn Asheim, Lars Coenen and Jerker Moodysson 14. Geographic Clustering in Evolutionary Economic Geography Koen Frenken and Ron Boschma 15. Methods of Analyzing the Relationship Between New Business Formation and Regional Development Michael Fritsch 16. Analysis of Local Social Capital Hans Westlund and Yuheng Li 17. Regional Social Network Analysis Maureen Kilkenny PART III: METHODS AND APPROACHES OF INTERREGIONAL ANALYSIS 18. Interregional Input-output Modeling: Spillover Effects, Feedback Loops and Intra-industry Trade Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Jan Oosterhaven 19. Empirical Studies in Geographical Economics Han-Hsin Chang, Charles Van Marrewijk and Marc Schramm 20. Accessibility and Market Potential Analysis Johan Klaesson, Johan P. Larsson and Therese Norman 21. The Impact of Private, Public and Human Capital on the US States Economies: Theory, Extensions and Evidence Sandy Dall'erba and Irving Llamosas-Rosas 22. Interregional Migration Analysis Alessandra Faggian, Jonathan Corcoran and Mark Partridge 23. Applied Spatial Interaction Modelling in Economic Geography: An Example of the Use of Models for Public Sector Planning Mark Birkin, Hamzah Khawaldah, Martin Clarke and Graham Clarke PART IV: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL SCIENCE 24. Regional Knowledge Production Function Analysis Attila Varga and Márton Horváth 25. Qualitative Methods in Regional Program Evaluation – an examination of the story-based approach Frank Vanclay 26. Using Social and Economic Impact Assessment to Guide Local Supplier Development Initiatives Ana Maria Esteves and Galina Ivanova 27. Analysing the Geography of High-impact Entrepreneurship Sierdjan Koster and Nikos Kapitsinis 28. Gender-specific Dynamics in Hours Worked: Exploring the Potential for Increasing Hours Worked in an Ageing Society Inge Noback, Lourens Broersma and Jouke van Dijk Index

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Book SynopsisThe geography of innovation is changing. Firstly, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Secondly, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. The aim of this handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. The handbook gathers a new generation of ideas and authors to contribute to the debate, providing an empirically grounded critical appraisal of the prevailing knowledge on the geography of innovation. The 28 original chapters, written by a diverse range of scholars with widely differing views, present fresh empirical evidence and new perspectives relating to how innovation plays out across space in an age where mobility has increased, information is ubiquitous and globalisation has been realised. Overall, the dialogue between existing theory and new possibilities provides a unique and challenging appraisal of the connection between innovation, agglomeration and space. Offering cutting edge ideas in an accessible format, this will be an ideal resource for students and scholars of economic geography and innovation studies. The empirical evidence and analysis will also be of great value for policymakers and government officials.Contributors include: B.T. Asheim, H.W. Aslesen, A. Bain, P.-A. Balland, N. Bradford, A. Bramwell, C. Brennan-Horley, S. Breschi, C. Carraincazeaux, C. Chaminade, R. Comunian, C. De Fuentes, D. Doloreux, D. Eckert, A. Faggian, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, K. Flanagan, C. Gibson, M. Grillitsch, M. Grossetti, G. Harirchi, F. Huber, A. Isaksen, S. Jewel, J. Karlsen, N. Komninos, J.-L. Klein, N. Lee, F. Lissoni, M. Maisonobe, J. Mattes, P. McCann, C.T. Noumedem, R. Ortega-Argilés, M. Plechero, A. Rallet, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R. Shearmur, H.L. Smith, B. Spigel, J. Tallec, E. Tranos, D.-G. Tremblay, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, C. Yang, C. Wilkie, D.A. WolfeTrade Review'The editors have assembled a superb array of experts on various aspects of innovation and its geographical sources, processes and manifestations. This volume provides state-of-the-art overviews of key topics, probing of ongoing debates, and fresh empirical perspectives on unresolved dilemmas in innovation studies. The volume should be an essential reference for scholars and policymakers alike as they struggle to understand the many geographies of innovation.' --Edward J. Malecki, The Ohio State University'The authors present a much needed update to prior handbooks on the geography of innovation. They have been able to put together a remarkable and consistent collection of chapters by well-known authors that will be of relevance not only for geographers, but also for scholars in economics, innovation studies and related fields interested in the spatial aspects of innovation. It combines well-established topics on innovation systems with new insights, for instance, into the culture of innovation, discusses center vs. periphery innovation, and orients itself along a set of perceived confusions in the field - as identified in the introduction. I believe this book will find a broad readership among researchers, students and politicians interested in the spatiality of innovation.' --Harald Bathelt, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Forward Introduction The Geographies of Innovations: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS 1. Regional Innovation, R&D and Knowledge Spillovers: The Role Played by Geographical and Non-Geographical Factors Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 2. Regional Innovation Systems: Past - Present - Future Björn T. Asheim, Markus Grillitsch and Michaela Trippl 3. Understanding and Learning from an Evolving Geography of Innovation Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 4. The Cultural Embeddedness of Regional Innovation: A Bourdieuian Perspective Ben Spigel 5. Proximity Dynamics and the Geography of Innovation: Diminishing Returns or Renewal? Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet PART II RELATEDNESS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES: INTRODUCTION Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 6. Relatedness and the Geography of Innovation Pierre-Alexandre Balland 7. How Do Firms Acquire Knowledge in Different Sectoral and Regional Contexts? Franz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl 8. Clusters Initiatives, Open Innovation and Knowledge Bases Heidi Wiig Aslesen and Arne Isaksen PART III CITIES, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 9. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions David A. Wolfe 10. Intelligent Cities and the Evolution Towards Technology-Enhanced, Global, and User-Driven Territorial Systems of Innovation Nicos Komninos 11.Geography, Skills and Career Patterns at the Boundary of Creativity and Innovation: Digital Technology and Creative Arts Graduates in the UK Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian and Sarah Jewell PART IV BEYOND AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 12. Four Commonly Held Beliefs About the Geography of Scientific Activities Michel Grossetti, Denis Eckert, Marion Maisonobe and Josselin Tallec 13. Putting the Boot into Creative Cluster Theory Chris Gibson and Chris Brennan-Horley 14. Beyond Networks in Clusters Franz Huber and Rune Dahl Fitjar 15. Suburban Creativity and Innovation Alison Bain 16. Innovation in Peripheral Regions Arne Isaksen and James Karlsen PART V INNOVATION POLICY 17. Regional Economic Development: Institutions, Innovation, and Policy Neil Bradford and Allison Bramwell 18. Revisiting the Role of Policy in Regional Innovation Systems Elvira Uyarra and Kieron Flanagan 19. Evolution of Regional Innovation Systems in China: Insights From Emerging Indigenous Innovation in Shenzhen Chun Yang 20. Entrepreneurial Regions in Theory and Policy Practice Helen Lawton Smith PART VI TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY AND NETWORKS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 21. The Internet: Its Geography, Growth and the Creation of (Digital) Social Capital Emmanouil Tranos 22. The Geography and Structure of Global Innovation Networks: Global Scope and Regional Embeddedness Cristina Chaminade, Claudia De Fuentes, Gouya Harirchi and Monica Plechero 23. Migration and Innovation: A Survey of Recent Studies Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Claudia Noumedem Temgoua 24. The Geography of Innovation in Multinational Companies: Internal Distribution and External Embeddedness Jannika Mattes PART VII LOCAL IMPACTS OF INNOVATION: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 25. Growth With Inequality? The Local Consequences of Innovation and Creativity Neil Lee 26. Why Local Development and Local Innovation are Not the Same Thing: The Uneven Geographic Distribution of Innovation-Related Development, Richard Shearmur 27. Cultural Creation and Social Innovation as the Basis for Building a Cohesive City Juan-Luis Klein and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Index

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Book Synopsis'Being mobile has become an ubiquitous modus operandi as the highly educated seek to advance, and take advantage of their human capital. Corcoran and Faggian's edited volume helps us to understand the causes and consequences of university graduates' choices to migrate or stay put. The selected contributions - situated in ten OECD countries - cover a wide spectrum of issues, from overeducation and wages to life-course linkages and impacts of the Great Recession. It is an insightful and timely account of the intellectual elite's sorting and redistribution in developed countries.'- Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University, US'Graduates are key resources to economic development. ''Enlighted'' policy makers around the world spend effort and resources to attract and retain them. However, our understanding of the drivers and impacts of graduate mobility remains limited. This book offers invaluable insights into this debate by combining cutting-edge academic knowledge with a truly global coverage of examples and case studies.'- Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics, UK This book aims to integrate and augment current state-of-the-art knowledge on graduate migration and its role in local economic development. Offering an international perspective, it is the first focused book of its kind on graduate migration, a recognised and critical component of the global pool of labour. Written by the key scholars working in the field, it draws together an international series of case studies. Each chapter describes empirically founded approaches to examining the role and characteristics of graduate migration in differing situational contexts, highlighting issues concerning government policy, data and methods. Crucially, it assesses the role highly educated individuals play in regional economic development and the determinants of graduate mobility, revealing the characteristics that attract and retain graduates. This unique book is an essential volume for scholars and researchers of geography, regional studies, labour and migration seeking an in-depth, international understanding of human-capital attraction and retention.Contributors include: R. Comunian, J. Corcoran, C. Détang-Dessendre, A. Faggian, R.S. Franklin, M. Haapanen, S. Iammarino, S. Jewell, H. Karhunen, N. Maldonado, E. Marinelli, K.B. Newbold, V. Piguet, R. Ramos, F. Rowe, V. Royuela, V.A. Venhorst, A. Zhi Rou TangTrade Review'By providing an international perspective on graduate migration, this book offers elegant and stimulating advances on the interpretation of high-skilled mobility. Through the identification of sources of mismatches between individual qualification and job offered, of push or pull economic and social factors for migration, and of wage discrepancies between types of migrants, the reader is provided with a comprehensive, consistent, modern and well-structured framework of the socio-economic problems concerning tertiary-educated migrants.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, Italy'An excellent work providing updated and comprehensive international evidence on graduate migration and on the mechanisms underlying it. A must-read for experts in regional science and educational studies.' --Paolo Veneri, OECD, France'Higher-educated graduates are highly spatially mobile and are the major determinant of change of human capital in a region. In this book, well-known experts add new insight to the literature on the outcomes of various types of graduate migration for education-job mismatch and wages, and show how this varies among singles and couples, by gender and by the characteristics of the regional labour market. The interesting findings are based on empirical evidence from countries all over the world.' --Jouke van Dijk, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Graduate migration and regional development: An international perspective Jonathan Corcoran and Alessandra Faggian 2. The role of migration on education-job mismatch: Evidence from overseas graduates in Australia Angelina Zhi Rou Tang, Jonathan Corcoran and Francisco Rowe 3. Graduate migration in Canada K. Bruce Newbold 4. Graduate overeducation and spatial mobility in Italy Simona Iammarino and Elisabetta Marinelli 5. Constrained choice? Graduate early career job-to-job mobility in core and non-core regions in the Netherlands. Viktor A. Venhorst 6. Working while studying: Does it lead to greater attachment to the regional labour market? Mika Haapanen and Hannu Karhunen 7. Graduates and migration in France: Between urban labour market attraction and interest in amenities Cécile Détang-Dessendre and Virginie Piguet 8. Graduate migration in Spain: the impact of the great recession on a low mobility country Raul Ramos and Vicente Royuela 9. Migration of graduates in Mexico Norman Maldonado 10. Human capital migration and salaries: an examination of US college graduates Alessandra Faggian, Jonathan Corcoran and Rachel S. Franklin 11. Graduates migration in the UK: An exploration of gender dynamics and employment patterns Roberta Comunian, Sarah Jewell and Alessandra Faggian Index

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Book SynopsisDevelopments in recent decades have led to money and finance assuming unprecedented influence over almost every aspect of economic and social life. Making the case for a geography of money, this multidisciplinary Handbook argues it is necessary to think spatially about the constitution and expressions of money and financial systems in the wake of the 2007?-2008 Global Financial Crisis.High-quality, research-based contributions from leading international scholars illustrate how the operation and regulation of monetary and financial systems both shape and are shaped by local, national and global developments. Examining four key dimensions of this geography, they consider the different spaces of monetary relations and instabilities, how money and finance contribute to geographically uneven economic development, the regulatory spaces of money, and the emergence of alternative forms and circuits of finance outside the established banking system. Timely and discerning, this book will be of particular importance to geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and planners. It will also be of great interest to all those concerned with how money shapes and reshapes socio-economic space, as well as how it conditions local and regional development.Contributors: M.B. Aalbers, D.S. Bieri, D. Bryan, B. Christophers, G.L. Clark, J. Corpateaux, O. Crevoisier, K. Datta, A.D. Dixon, S. Dörry, G.A. Dymski, M. Gray, B. Klagge, J. Knox-Hayes, S. Köppe, G. Marandola, R. Martin, P. North, P. O'Brien, L. Papi, A. Pike, M. Pilkington, J. Pollard, M. Pryke, M. Rafferty, L. Rethel, E. Sarno, B.A. Searle, M. Shabani, T.J. Sinclair, E. Slack, P. Sunley, T. Theurillat, T. Wainwright, D. Wigan, D. Wójcik, G. Yeung, A. Zazzaro, B. ZhangTrade Review‘This is an interesting and well-referenced book that contains a lot of useful knowledge about the world’s financial and monetary systems.’ -- Gordon F. Mulligan, Economic Development QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1. The Geography of Money and Finance Ron Martin and Jane Pollard PART I THE CASE FOR A GEOGRAPHY OF MONEY 2. On the Geography of Bubbles and Financial Crises Gary A. Dymski and Mimoza Shabani 3. The Geographical Political Economy of Money and Finance after the Great Crisis: Beyond ‘Market Discipline’ Brett Christophers 4. The Territorial Governance of the Financial Industry Jose Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier and Thierry Theurillat 5. The Map and the Territory: Exploring Capital’s New Financialised Spatialities Dick Bryan, Mike Rafferty and Duncan Wigan 6. ‘This Time it’s Different’… and Why it Matters: The Shifting Geographies of Money, Finance and Risks Michael Pryke PART II MONEY, THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND UNEVEN GEOGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT 7. The Spatial Structure of the Financial System and the Funding of Regional Business: A Comparison of Britain and Germany Britta Klagge, Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 8. The Geographical Network of Bank Organizations: Issues and Evidence for Italy Luca Papi, Emma Sarno and Alberto Zazzaro 9. Innovation and Stock Markets: International Evidence on Manufacturing and Services Dariusz Wójcik 10. The Financialisation and Governance of Infrastructure Peter O’Brien and Andy Pike 11. The Geography of Local Public Finance Enid Slack 12. The State as Institutional Investor: Unpacking the Geographical Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds Adam D. Dixon 13. Geographies of Mortgage Markets Manuel B. Aalbers 14. Geographies of Assets and Debt Beverley A. Searle and Stephan Köppe 15. The Financial Legacy of Pension Fund Capitalism Gordon L. Clark PART III SPACES OF FINANCIAL AND MONETARY REGULATION 16. Regulatory Space and the Flow of Funds across the Hierarchy of Money David S. Bieri 17. Regulatory Spaces in Global Finance Sabine Dörry 18. Emerging Onshore-Offshore Services: The Case of Asset-Backed Finance Markets in Europe Thomas Wainwright 19. Banking Reform in China: A Balancing Act between Financial Viability and Financial Security Godfrey Yeung 20. Credit Rating Agencies are Poorly Understood and the Rules Developed for Them Will Not Work Ginevra Marandola and Timothy J. Sinclair PART IV NEW AND EMERGING MONEY SPACES 21. Alternative Circuits of Capital: Parallel Economies of Environmental Finance Janelle Knox Hayes 22. Geographies of Alternative, Complimentary and Community Currencies Peter North 23. ‘Mainstreaming; the Alternative’; The Financialisation of Transnational Migrant Remittances Kavita Datta 24. The Imaginary Landscapes of Islamic Finance and the Global Financial Crisis Lena Rethel 25. Crowdfunding: Understanding Diversity Mia Gray and Bryan Zhang 26. Bitcoin through the Lens of Complexity Theory Marc Pilkington Index

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Book SynopsisInequality is not just a problem of poverty and the poor; it is as much a problem of wealth and the wealthy. The provision of public services is one area which is increasingly being reconfigured to extract wealth upward to the 1%, notably through so-called Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). The push for PPPs is not about building infrastructure for the benefit of society but about constructing new subsidies that benefit the already wealthy. In other words, it is less about financing development than developing finance.Understanding and exposing these processes is essential if inequality is to be challenged. But equally important is the need for critical reflection on how the wealthy are getting away with it. What does the wealth gap suggest about the need for new forms of organising by those who would resist elite power?Trade Review'Licensed Larceny is an extraordinary accomplishment. With stunning clarity, Hildyard reveals just how deeply financial power has penetrated our everyday lives - with devastating consequences. This is a tour de force political economy of financialization, and a remarkably accessible introduction to the sordid world of finance - for students, scholars, and activists alike.'Jason W. Moore, Associate Professor at Binghamton University and author of Capitalism in the Web of Life‘Licensed Larceny is only about a hundred pages — really more a monograph than a book — but despite Hildyard’s economy of prose the book packs more information than many books three times that length.’Kevin Carson , Center for a Stateless Society‘Hildyard provides an impressive first step into the neglected area of infrastructural finance. Licensed Larceny is highly recommended for anyone, inside or outside universities, with an interest in mega-projects, infrastructure and industrial corridors.’Alexander Dunlap, Interface: a journal for and about social movements Book reviews Volume 9 (1) -- .Table of Contents1 Mise-en-scène: the injustices of wealth 2 A study in financial extraction: Lesotho's national referral hospital3 Infrastructure as financial extraction4 Extraction in motion - infrastructure-as-asset-class5 Infrastructure corridors, frontier finance and the vulnerabilities 6 Reflections for activism

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. City-regions are regeneration economies, or in other words, places that are experiencing on-going processes of recovery, adaptation or transformation. This Research Agenda provides both a state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across the globe explore key areas of research for reading city-regions, including: trade, services and people, regional differentiation, big data, global production networks, governance and policy, and regional development. The book focuses on developing a more integrated and systematic approach to reading city-regions as part of regeneration economics by identifying conceptual and methodological developments in this field of study. Students in geography, urban studies and city and regional planning will greatly benefit from reading this, as it provides a wealth of stimuli for essays and dissertation topics. Advanced business and public policy students will also benefit from the focus on translating research into practice, an approach that this Research Agenda takes in several chapters.Contributors include: L. Andres, J.R. Bryson, J. Clark, G.J.D. Hewings, N. Kreston, M. Nathan, P. Nijkamp, J. Steenbruggen, R.J. Stimson, E. Tranos, A. Weaver, D. Wójcik, G. YeungTrade Review'This important text meaningfully advances our understanding of the complex relations between city regions and regeneration economies across the globe. Bryson, Andres and Mulhall masterfully assemble leading voices in the social sciences that provide us with innovative and penetrating analyses of current economic realities in these places and what needs to be done to resuscitate them. The result is a compelling and provocative account of places struggling to regenerate their economies and how informed public policy may make a difference.' --David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US'We often assume regions in crisis are destined for continued decline. This book challenges that assumption, showing the possibility for struggling regions to rebound and overcome economic adversity. But equally it highlights the need for thoughtful and sustained institutional action to extend the benefits of regeneration, especially in support of shared prosperity.' --Nichola Lowe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US'A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies is a most welcome addition to the scholarly literature on regional economic development planning and ''regeneration economies''. The lessons offered by the distinguished contributors to this volume should find a prominent place in professional planning curricula as well as in continuing-education workshops for practitioners.' --Jeffrey M. Chusid, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Timing and Placing Regeneration Economies 1. Dynamics and City-Region Regeneration Economies: Shaping the directions of a new Research Agenda Lauren Andres and John R. Bryson 2. Regenerating Regional Economies: Trade in Goods and Services and People Geoffrey J.D. Hewings 3. Economic Restructuring and Spatial Differentiation Down-Under Robert J. Stimson 4. Beyond Years of Schooling: Precisely Measured Skills, Skill Formation, and Economic Growth Andrew Weaver 5. Global Production Networks and Regeneration Economies Godfrey Yeung 6. Resilience of US metropolitan areas to the 2008 financial crisis Nicholas Kreston and Dariusz Wójcik 7. Regeneration Economies: A Research Agenda: Governance, policy and regional development Jennifer Clark 8. Mobile phone operators, their (big) data and urban analysis Emmanouil Tranos, John Steenbruggen and Peter Nijkamp 9. Linking Research and Policy for Local Economies Max Nathan 10. People, Place, Space and City-Regions: Towards an Integrated or Systemic Approach to Reading City-Region Regeneration Economies John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres and Rachel Mulhall 11. Epilogue: Towards a Research Agenda for City-Region Regeneration Economies: From Artificial Intelligence, the Gig Economy to Air Pollution John R. Bryson and Lauren Andres Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook addresses one of the most pertinent questions of the 21st century: why are some regions more economically resilient than others? Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to regional economies, offering a range of methodological approaches and rich empirical analyses of regions around the world. Chapters feature in depth examinations of regional resilience in such fields as policy practice, exports, economic shocks and supranational structural funds. Giving readers an insight into ways in which economic resilience is measured, this Handbook explores key theoretical debates and emerging pathways for the application of resilience in policy and practice. Comprehensive and deeply informative, this Handbook is crucial to researchers working in economic geography and regional studies who require insight into the breadth of debate on regional economic resilience. Practitioners and policy makers working in regional economic development will also benefit from its broad empirical approach to resilience. Contributors include: P. Benczur, E. Beqiraj, G. Bristow, J. Courvisanos, M. Cowell, G. Di Bartolomeo, P. di Caro, M. Di Pietro, D. Diodato, E. Evenhuis, R. Hassink, A. Healy, X. Hu, A. Jain, E. Joosens, T. Kitsos, A.R. Manca, K.R. Mardaneh, R. Martin, B. Menyhert, N. Pontarollo, Y. Psycharis, C. Serpieri, P. Sunley, V. Tselios, M. Tsiapa, J. Vincente, A. Weterings, S. ZecTrade Review‘As the concept of resilience becomes further entrenched into the academic and policy discourse around regional economic development, this edited volume provides a timely summary of the current state of the art. The book serves as an excellent entry point for scholars and policy makers wishing to understand the various conceptualizations, measurements, and evidence surrounding the concept of regional economic resilience as well as a wealth of ideas as to future developments in the field.’ -- Andrew Johnston, Eurasian Geography and Economics'Resilience is a now a significant concept that helps us explain why regions can weather economic shocks. This Handbook draws together a team of leading scholars, exploring the role and impact of shocks on the economic development trajectories of regions. It represents an excellent gateway for those seeking to understand the theories, measurement and analysis of regional economic resilience.' --Robert Huggins, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Regional Economic Resilience 1 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORY: CONCEPTUALISING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 2 Regional economic resilience: evolution and evaluation 10 Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 3 Regional resilience: an agency perspective 36 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy 4 Adaptation, adaptability and regional economic resilience: a conceptual framework 54 Xiaohui Hu and Robert Hassink 5 New directions in researching regional economic resilience and adaptation 69 Emil Evenhuis PART II MEASURING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 6 Quo vadis resilience? Measurement and policy challenges: using the case of Italy 88 Paolo di Caro 7 Ranking regional economic resilience in the EU 103 Nicola Pontarollo and Carolina Serpieri 8 A guide to patterns of regional economic resilience 126 Karim K. Mardaneh, Ameeta Jain and Jerry Courvisanos 9 Building a policy relevant resilience measure: beyond the economic perspective 143 Peter Benczur, Elisabeth Joossens, Anna Rita Manca, Balint Menyhert and Slavica Zec 10 Putting adaptive resilience to work: measuring regional re-orientation using a matching model 171 Dario Diodato and Anet Weterings 11 Economic resilience in Great Britain: an empirical analysis at the local authority district level 190 Tasos Kitsos PART III THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL RESILIENCE 12 Unravelling the driving forces of networks on regional resilience capabilities 209 Jérôme Vicente 13 Exports and regional resilience: evidence from Greece 226 Yannis Psycharis, Maria Tsiapa and Vassilis Tselios 14 Resilience in regional business cycles across the Benelux 242 Elton Beqiraj, Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Marco Di Pietro and Carolina Serpieri 15 Interpreting and defining economic resilience: regional resilience in policy practice 263 Margaret Cowell 16 Supranational policy and economic shocks: the role of the EU’s structural funds in the economic resilience of regions 280 Adrian Healy and Gillian Bristow 17 Conclusions and reflections 299 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy Index 303

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Book SynopsisProcesses of globalization have changed the world in many, often fundamental, ways. Increasingly these processes are being debated and contested. This Handbook offers a timely, rich and critical panorama of these multifaceted developments from a geographical perspective. This Handbook explores the myriad of ways in which differing cross-border flows - of people, goods, services, capital, information, pollution and cultures - have (re)shaped concrete places across the globe and how these places, in turn, shape those flows. With original contributions from worldwide leading scholars, the Handbook positions globalization in a broader historical perspective, presenting a variety of geographical examples so that readers can better understand these processes. Regional studies and economic and human geography scholars will find this an invaluable resource for exploring the key topics of the geographies of globalization. Lecturers and advanced students will also find the detailed case studies useful to help explain the fundamental concepts outlined in the book.Contributors include: P.C. Adams, A.-L. Amilhat Szary, D. Arnold, D. Bassens, S. Choo, K.R. Cox, E. Currid-Halkett, S. Dalby, E. dell'Agnese, B. Derudder, T. Fogelman, C. Gaffney, J. Gupta, M. Hesse, R. Horner, S. Huang, A. Isaksen, A.E.G. Jonas, A. Jones, J.M. Kleibert, R.C. Kloosterman, R. Koetsenruijter, T. Lam, J. Luukkonen, V. Mamadouh, V. Mazzucato, E. McDonough, B. Miller, S. Moisio, M. Müller, B. Oomen, S. Park, M.W. Rosenberg, J.W. Scott, M. Sparke, P. Terhorst, K. Terlouw, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, M. van Meeteren, P. Vries, L. Wagner, Y.-f. Wu, H.-g. Xu, T. Yamazaki, B.S.A. YeohTrade Review'This book delivers clearly, thoroughly and powerfully on its promise to explore how myriad cross-border flows have reshaped nearly every part of the globe and to highlight how these places, in turn, have shaped those flows. In the Introduction and a synthesizing chapter, Kloosterman and colleagues crystalize how economic geographers understand these issues and leading authors address a broad range of topics in 31 more chapters packed with erudition and insight. Essential reading for those who seek a comprehensive introduction to the topic.' --John Mollenkopf, City University of New York, The Graduate Center, US'This is a fine addition to the vast literature on globalization, that once-celebrated process, now at best treated with ambivalence. The volume helpfully situates globalization within a broader historical context, offering insights into both continuities and ruptures with the past. It covers a wide-ranging set of processes relating to cross-border flows and linkages, from capital to goods and services to people and cultures, information and pollution. There is something in it for nearly every student studying globalization, whether it is to learn something about migrant flows, media flows, environmental transboundary issues, or the mobility of capital and more. An accessible read.' --Lily Kong, Singapore Management UniversityTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS 1. Introducing geographies of globalization: genealogies of the concept, existing views on in- and outside geography Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh and Pieter Terhorst 2. A very brief history of economic globalization since Columbus Peer Vries 3. Globalization and the question of scale Kevin R. Cox 4. Globalization and border studies James W. Scott PART II: GLOBALIZED GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 5. World-systems analysis Kees Terlouw 6. Globalization and sustainable development Joyeeta Gupta 7. An Economic-Geographic perspective on globalization Robert C. Kloosterman and Pieter Terhorst 8. Globalization in cultural and media geographies Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Soyoon Choo 9. Political geographies of globalization Sami Moisio, Juho Luukkonen and Andrew E.G. Jonas PART III: GEOGRAPHIES OF FLOWS 10. The geographies of mobility and migration in a globalizing world Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary 11. Geographies of citizenship and identity in a globalizing world Tatiana Fogelman 12. Migration, families and households in globalizing Asia Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Shirlena Huangand Theodora Lam 13. Labour geographies in a globalizing world Dennis Arnold 14. Geographies of tourism in a globalizing world Honggang XU and Yuefang WU 15. Do you speak Globish? Geographies of the globalization of English and the linguistic diversity Virginie Mamadouh 16. Geographies of global production networks Jana Kleibert and Rory Horner 17. Food and globalization: from ‘roots to routes’ and back again Elena Dell’Agnese and Giacomo Pettenati 18. Geographies of finance in a globalizing world David Bassens and Michiel van Meeteren 19. Geographies of health in a globalizing world Mark Rosenberg 20. Digital media Paul C. Adams 21. Patterns and dynamics of globalization of cultural industries Robert C. Kloosterman and Rosa Koetsenruijter 22. Globalization and mega-events: thinking through flows Martin Müller and Christopher Gaffney PART IV GEOGRAPHIES OF PLACES 23. Climate change, Gaia and the Anthropocene Simon Dalby 24. Globalization and the incremental impact on the security and defense sector Soul Park 25. Regions and clusters and the global economy Franz Tödtling, Arne Isaksen and Michaela Trippl 26. World cities and globalization Ben Derudder 27. Ports, cities and the global maritime infrastructure Markus Hesse and Evan McDonough PART V GEOGRAPHIES OF GOVERNANCE 28. Global governance, human rights and humanitarianism Barbara Oomen 29. States, globalizing tendencies and processes of supranational governance Alun Jones 30. Maritime trade and geopolitics: the Indian Ocean as Japan’s sea lane Takashi Yamazaki 31. Alter-globalization movements and alternative projects of globalization Byron Miller PART VI: RESEARCHING AND TEACHING GEOGRAPHIES OF GLOBALIZATION 32. Multi-sited fieldwork in a connected world Valentina Mazzucato and Lauren Wagner 33. Teaching globalisations Matthew Sparke Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides an astute analysis of how resilient multiple regional economies across Europe were to the global economic crisis of 2008-9. Assessing the impact and geography of the crisis, this book offers a cross-comparative study of how regional economies were affected, as well as an exploration of the role of local and regional policy in influencing economic resilience.The different experiences seen across Europe throughout the economic crisis raise a number of important questions: why were some regions more resilient to the crisis than others? What is meant when discussing a resilient economy? How might local and regional policy-makers help support the resilience of their economies? The expert contributors take these crucial questions into account, presenting detailed case studies using quantitative and qualitative research data to analyse how the crisis affected various European regions.Economic Crisis and the Resilience of Regions will be an essential read for academics, researchers, and policymakers interested in the concept of regional economic resilience, its measurement, and the factors influencing it, as well as for analysts interested in the geographical impact of the 2008-9 global economic crisis.Contributors include: G. Bristow, A. Healy, C. Kakderi, L. Kirchner, F. Koch, G. Masik, I. Sagan, M. Sensier, V. Sepp, D. Speda, U. Varblane, U. Varblane, R. WinkTrade Review'This timely collection of essays examines the geographical responses and reactions to the economic crisis that disrupted much of Europe from 2007-8 onwards. The unifying thread of the case studies that make up the book is the concept of resilience, which has risen to prominence in regional studies in recent years as an analytical and interpretative framework for studying the impact of major economic shocks. The book puts that concept to work to original and valuable effect in advancing our understanding of the European economic crisis and its geographies.' --Ron Martin, University of Cambridge, UKThis book is the best text to date on the profoundly uneven regional consequences of the great recession across Europe. The detailed comparative studies provide a rich resource and carefully unpack the meanings and causes of regional economic resilience. The analysis confirms that understanding regional economic resilience is a complex but essential challenge.' --Peter Sunley, University of Southampton, UK'Building resilience in the face of economic crisis is key for regional development policy, but this requires new thinking and analysis. This book makes a valuable contribution to this objective by demonstrating the scale and urgency of the issue and how different European regions are responding to the challenge. A must read for researchers, policy-makers and planners.' --John Tomaney, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Economic Crisis and Resilience in the European Union Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy 2. Measuring Resilience across European Regions Marianne Sensier 3. The Economic Crisis and the Pomorskie Region of Poland: a Case Study of Resistance Iwona Sagan and Grzegorz Masik 4. The Economic Resilience of Stuttgart: Vulnerable but Resilient and Adaptable Rüdiger Wink, Laura Kirchner, Florian Koch and Daniel Speda 5. The Economic Crisis and North Estonia: a Case Study of Rapid Recovery Uku Varblane and Urmas Varblane 6. The Economic Resilience of South West Ireland Adrian Healy 7. Regional economic resilience and the role of traditional structures: The case of West Macedonia, Greece Christina Kakderi and Anastasia Tasopoulou 8. The economic crisis in the Uusimaa region of Finland: a non-resilient region Veiko Sepp 9. Conclusion and Recommendations Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy Index

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Book Synopsis'This is a truly refreshing take on the phenomenon of global cities. For far too long we've been seduced by the flows and networks that reproduce global cities without considering the actors, individuals, organisations, institutions, that make and shape the global-local dynamics of such spaces in global society. Throughout this collection of essays, there is a rich empirical narrative which reminds scholars of global city and urban studies that without the agency of actors, whether that be economic, political, cultural or social, any notion of flow and networks would simply wither on the vine. In short, this is a new benchmark on the geography of the global city in contemporary globalisation.'-Jonathan V. Beaverstock, University of Bristol, UKGlobal City Makers provides an in-depth account of the role of powerful economic actors in making and un-making global cities. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspective, the book outlines a renewed agenda for global cities research.This book conceptualizes global cities as places from where the world economy is managed and controlled, and discusses the significance of economic actors and their practices in the formation of the world city network. Focusing on financial services, management consultancy, real estate, commodity trading and maritime industries, the detailed case studies are located across the globe to incorporate major global cities such as London, New York and Tokyo as well as globalizing cities including Mexico City, Hamburg and Mumbai.This ground-breaking book will appeal to a broad audience including scholars in urban studies, economic geography and international management as well as urban policy-makers and practitioners in globalizing firms.Contributors include: D. Bassens, N. Beerepoot, S. Hall, M. Hesse, M. Hoyler, W. Jacobs, J. Kleibert, B. Lambregts, C. Lizieri, D. Mekic, C. Parnreiter, S. Sassen, D. Scofield, M. van Meeteren, A. Watson, S. YamamuraTrade Review'The novel contribution of the book is its engagement with global cities as specific types of spaces that are not only used by but also generated by the everyday practices of business actors. The essays introduce to the literature, diverse lenses shedding light on the process by which global business people make cities.' --Kathy Pain, University of Reading, UK'By shifting the focus towards practices and agency, Global City Makers is a timely and important intervention that reflects the current state-of-the-art in theories of global city development. Bringing together leading authorities and up-to-date research on a diverse range of cities, it will surely represent a key reference in this field.' --Andrew Jones, City, University of London, UK'As global city strategies and policies spread around the globe, this collection offers a timely insight into practices of global-city making and agents involved in these processes. Written by leading researchers and covering cities in developed and developing countries, I would recommend it highly to students, scholars and policy-makers.' --Dariusz Wojcik, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Prologue: The global city: enabling economic intermediation and bearing its costs Saskia Sassen 1. Agency and practice in the making of global cities: towards a renewed research agenda Michael Hoyler, Christof Parnreiter and Allan Watson 2. Producer service firms as global city makers: the cases of Mexico City and Hamburg Christof Parnreiter 3. Commodity traders as agents of economic globalization Wouter Jacobs 4. Real estate and global capital networks: drilling into the City of London Colin Lizieri and Daniel Mekic 5. Global cities, local practices: intermediation in the commercial real estate markets of New York City and London David Scofield 6. The making of transnational urban space: financial professionals in the global city Tokyo Sakura Yamamura 7. The making of Mumbai as a global city: investigating the role of the offshore services sector Bart Lambregts, Jana Kleibert and Niels Beerepoot 8. Focal firms, grand coalitions or global city makers? Globalization vs. new localism in Hamburg’s maritime network Markus Hesse 9. Chasing the phantom of a ‘global end game’: the role of management consultancy in the narratives of pre-failure ABN AMRO Michiel van Meeteren and David Bassens Epilogue: Placing politics and power within the making of global cities Sarah Hall Index

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Book SynopsisTechnological progress and economic policies have enabled many economic activities to become highly mobile. A crucial question in contemporary economics therefore concerns where they will locate and relocate themselves in the future. This comprehensive, innovative book applies an evolutionary framework to spatial economics, arguing against the prevailing neoclassical equilibrium model and providing important theoretical and concrete insights. Throughout this book, Miroslav N. Jovanovic uses evolutionary concepts to analyse the behaviour of a multitude of players in the economic arena, from individuals to firms, institutions and industries, considering the ways in which they act, react, interact, adapt and change over time. Jovanovic begins with a thorough exploration of the theory underpinning his arguments and the history of the subject. Chapters then apply these concepts to an examination of current topics, including the supply chain economy, market structures, globalisation, international firms and regional policies, creating a strong argument for the importance and utility of an evolutionary model and illuminating areas of future enquiry. This book will be crucial reading for students and scholars working in economic geography, international economics and development, business studies and management. Policymakers will also appreciate its insights into recent developments and relevant policy suggestions.Trade Review'Through the lens of an evolutionary approach to economics and economic geography, this book provides a fascinating insight on an old and recurring economic problem, that of the location choice of economic activities. This book elegantly offers perspectives that open the mind for thinking outside the traditional theoretical box and for searching for innovative solutions.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Theory 3. Supply chain economy 4. Market structure and location of production 5. Globalisation 6. International firms 7. Regional policy 8. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes how financial liberalization affected the development of the financial crisis in Europe, with particular attention given to the ways in which power asymmetries within Western Europe facilitated financial liberalization and distributed the costs and gains from it. The author combines institutional narrative analysis with empirical surveys and econometrics, as well as country-level studies of financial liberalization and its consequences before and after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.Author Nina Eichacker charts institutional liberalization and privatization of European finance from the 1960s onward and presents a survey of descriptive statistics that show how different financial stability, financial flow and macroeconomic variables have changed in Western Europe since the early 1980s, generally increasing financial and economic instability. It also demonstrates the change in securitization, and European banks' tendencies to hold securitized assets on their balance sheets. It creates a framework for understanding the power dynamics between national, industrial, and class interests in Western Europe that promoted secular financial liberalization as well as the institutional design of the EMU that mandated financial liberalization. Finally, it examines the process of financial liberalization in detail in three states, Iceland, Ireland, and Germany. Students and researchers interested in financial liberalization and financial crises as well as policymakers will find the analyses in this book invaluable.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. European Financial Liberalization Since WWII 3. Empirical Trends in European Finance 4. Financial Liberalization and the Onset of Financial Crisis in Western Europe Between 1983 and 2011 5. A Political Economy of European Financial Integration 6. German Financialization, the Global Financial Crisis, and the Eurozone Crisis 7. Icelandic and Irish Financial Liberalization, Crisis, and Aftermath 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is a state-of-the-art analysis of proximity relations, offering insights into its history alongside up-to-date scientific advances and emerging questions. Its broad scope – from industrial and innovation approaches through to society issues of living and working at a distance, territorial development and environmental topics – will ensure an in-depth focus point for researchers in economics as well as geography, organizational studies, planning and sociology. Split into four distinctly thematic parts, the Handbook explores the precise definition of proximity relationships and their diversity, including the role they play in social and economic interactions as well as examining the origins and evolution of such relationships. It further presents a detailed overview of the main methods of analysis, highlighting the link between proximity relationships and exchange of information while explaining how exchanges at a distance rely on links of organized proximity, something that plays an increasing role in our societies.This engaging Handbook will provide an excellent update for scientists and researchers on the recent developments in the analysis of proximity relations as well as students looking for precise and detailed information on the main characteristics of proximity relations, regional and spatial analysis, and the major analytical tools.Trade Review‘Finally, we have the first Handbook of Proximity Relations, edited by André Torre, one of the pioneers of the French School of Proximity, and Delphine Gallaud. It covers topics such as the theoretical development of the concept, methods and analytical tools, and emerging issues and future challenges. This authoritative and comprehensive Handbook is a must-read for researchers in regional science, regional studies and innovation who want to be informed about one of the key concepts in modern social science.’ -- Bjørn T. Asheim, University of Stavanger, Norway‘This Handbook provides a systematic overview of the contributions of the Proximity School. Incorporating a variety of disciplinary perspectives and analytic approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and systematic analysis of the dimensions, characteristics, and fields of application of the principle of proximity. This important contribution provides the basis for future theoretical extension, analytical refinements and policy applications.’ -- Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina US'''Proximity'' is a very difficult word. It appears at the outset to be no more than an innocuous reference to physical contiguity or juxtaposition, but on further scrutiny unfolds into multiple declensions with a vast diversity of applications in both the physical and social worlds. A large body of research on these matters has accumulated rapidly over the last two or three decades, much of it now summarized and extended in this authoritative Handbook edited by André Torre and Delphine Gallaud.' -- From the foreword by Allen J. ScottTable of ContentsContents: vii Foreword by Allen J. Scott xiii Structure of the Handbook xv Introduction: proximity relations in the 21st century 1 André Torre and Delphine Gallaud PART I PROXIMITY: MAJOR THEORETICAL DEBATES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANALYTICAL POSITION IN REGIONAL SCIENCE The French School of Proximity: genesis and evolution of a school of thought 49 Jean-Benoît Zimmermann, André Torre and Michel Grossetti Proximity, innovation and networks: a concise review and some next steps 70 Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken The School of Proximity, genesis and development of a scientific notion 81 Maryline Filippi, André Torre, Etienne Polge and Frederic Wallet Proximity and regional development: an overview 97 Robert J. Stimson The impact of digital technologies on perceptions of proximity 124 Bastien Bernela, Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet PART II METHODS AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS Measuring the unmeasurable: the empirics of non-geographical proximity 138 Andrea Caragliu Proximities in dimensionality reduction 165 John Aldo Lee, Cyril de Bodt, Ludovic Journaux and Lucile Sautot Geographical proximity questioned 204 Marina Bertoncin and Andrea Pase Cities’ systems and networks’ proximities: toward a multiplex approach 220 Céline Rozenblat PART III PROXIMITY, INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE Proximity and collaborative knowledge creation 252 Riccardo Crescenzi, Max Nathan and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose Fluctuating proximities and clusters: “the future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed” 273 Philip Cooke Economic networks, innovation and proximity 292 Nicola Cortinovis and Frank van Oort The role of proximity dimensions in university–industry collaboration: a review and research agenda 307 Marianne Steinmo and Thomas Lauvås Entrepreneurship and proximity 326 Rolf Sternberg Geographies of temporary markets: an anatomy of the Canton Fair 347 Harald Bathelt, Pengfei Li and Yi-wen Zhu PART IV EMERGING ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES The role of proximity in food systems 368 Patrick Mundler Industrial and territorial ecology: what types of proximity at work? 384 Christophe Beaurain and Sabrina Dermine-Brullot Infrastructural development projects and proximity analysis 397 Habibullah Magsi and Muazzam Sabir Neighbourhood proximity: a microcosmic resilience perspective on cities 411 Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Peter Elmlund The city: a question of proximity(ies) 430 Lise Bourdeau-Lepage Conclusion: the concept of proximity in regional science – a synthesis and future research avenues 443 Roberta Capello Index 460

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Book SynopsisDeveloped countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals. This book focuses on two specific but interrelated aspects of innovation by incumbent firms and entrepreneurs, the role of geography and of open innovation. Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship discusses entrepreneurship from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints to provide readers with a wide range of cutting-edge and compelling studies. The authors highlight the critical importance of open innovation for performance and progress, putting forward determinants of economic growth and development rarely analyzed in standard growth studies. Researchers and students will find this book useful for innovation and entrepreneurship studies. It is also a helpful tool for policymakers, planners and consultants involved in economic development and regional policies. Contributors include: F. Armellini, T. Arvemo, I. Bernhard, C. Beaudry, P.-O. Bjuggren, A. Caloffi, N. Carbonara, A.P. Cornett, K. Delbiaggio, M. Elmoznino Laufer, S. Fredin, U. Gråsjö, C.J. Hauser, M. Héroux-Vaillancourt, J.A. Jordaan, A. Johnston, C. Karlsson, M. Kaufmann, P. Lassalle, M. Mahon, V. Monastiriotis, R. Pellegrino, H. Reijonen, R. Righi, S. Rohde, F. Rossi, M. Russo, J. Saastamoinen, T. Tammi, S. YamamuraTrade Review'By identifying the ways in which open innovation influences the ability of incumbents and potential entrepreneurs to innovate and to appropriate the benefits of innovation, this book elegantly presents modern innovation models, highlighting the role played by context conditions, and bringing fresh reflections into a never-ending debate.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo Righi 3. Does collaboration with public and private sector actors in public procurement of innovations improve SME competitiveness? Helen Reijonen, Jani Saastamoinen and Timo Tammi 4. Delivering innovation in public infrastructure through Public Private Partnerships Nunzia Carbonara and Roberta Pellegrino 5. The influence of the NIH and NSH syndromes on the adoption of open innovation in the Canadian aerospace sector Fabiano Armellini, Catherine Beaudry and Maria Mahon 6. Are the Most Innovative Canadian Nanotechnology-Related Firms also the Most Open? Mikaël Héroux-Vaillancourt and Catherine Beaudry 7. The Proximity Bias of Communication Recorded on Twitter in Switzerland Katia Delbiaggio, Christoph J. Hauser and Michael Kaufmann 8. Re-Conceptualising Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Theoretical Exploration of Evolution Over Space and Time Andrew Johnston, Paul Lassalle and Sakura Yamamura 9. Stimulation of Entrepreneurship and Innovation as an Instrument in Regional Business Development Policy Andreas P. Cornett 10. Startups, Financing and Geography – Findings from a survey Per-Olof Bjuggren and Michel Elmoznino Laufer 11. A resource-based view of cross-border clusters: conceptualizing locational resources Stephan Rohde 12. Regional path dependence and path creation: a conceptual way forward Sabrina Fredin 13. Location, Localisation, Agglomeration: An Examination of the Geographical Dimension of FDI Spillovers Jacob A. Jordaan and Vassilis Monastiriotis 14. Indicators of economic development – An exploratory study using Swedish municipal data contrasting economic development and growth Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö Index

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Book SynopsisFinancialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises provides comparative, empirical case studies of a diverse set of eleven countries. In particular, the book helps in understanding the current (mal)performance of Euro area economies by explaining the causes of the shifts in growth regimes during and after the crises. It goes well beyond the dominant interpretation of the recent financial and economic crises as being rooted in malfunctioning and poorly regulated financial markets.The contributions to this book provide detailed accounts of the long-term effects of financialisation and cover the main developments leading up to and during the crisis in eleven selected countries: the US, the UK, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, Estonia, and Turkey. The introductory chapter presents the theoretical framework and synthesizes the main findings of the country studies. Furthermore, the macroeconomic effects of financialisation on the EU as a whole are analyzed in the final chapter. Offering an illuminating overview and invaluable alternative perspective on the long-run developments leading to the recent crises, this book is essential reading for researchers, students and policymakers and an ideal starting point for further research.Contributors: S. Bahçe, R. Barradas, C.A. Carrasco, H. Cömert, G. Cornilleau, J. Creel, D. Detzer, N. Dodig, N. Erdem, T. Evans, J. Ferreiro, G. Gabbi, C. Gálvez, C. Gomez, A. González, E. Hein, E. Juuse, E. Karaçimen, A.H. Köse, S. Lagoa, E. Leão, J. Lepper, Ö. Orhangazi, G. Özgür, R. Paes Mamede, M. Shabani, A. Stenfors, E. Ticci, J. Toporowski, L. Tserkezis, J. Tyson, Y. Varoufakis, P. Vozzella, G.L. YalmanTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Financialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Analysis for 15 Countries Nina Dodig, Eckhard Hein and Daniel Detzer 2. The Crisis of Finance-led Capitalism in the United States Trevor Evans 3. Monetary Adjustment and Inflation of Financial Claims in the UK after 1980 John Lepper, Mimoza Shabani, Jan Toporowski and Judith Tyson 4. Financialisaton and the Economic Crisis in Spain Jesús Ferreiro, Cataliana Gálvez and Anna Gonzáles 5. Financialisation and the Crisis: The Case of Greece Yanis Varoufakis and Lefteris Tserkezis 6. The Real Sector Developments in Estonia – Financialisation Effects Behind the Transition Process Egert Juuse 7. Financialisation and the Crisis in the Export-led Mercantilist German Economy Daniel Detzer and Eckhard Hein 8. Swedish Financialisation: ‘Nordic Noir’ or ‘Safe Haven’? Alexis Stenfors 9. France, a Domestic Demand-led Economy Under the Influence of External Shocks Gérard Cornilleau and Jérôme Creel 10. The Transmission Channels Between the Financial and the Real Sectors in Italy and the Crisis Giampaolo Gabbi, Elisa Ticci and Pietro Vozzella 11. The Long Boom and the Early Bust: The Portuguese Economy in the Era of Financialisation Ricardo Paes Mamede, Sérgio Lagoa, Emanuel Leão and Ricardo Barradas 12. Financialisation and the Financial and Economic Crises: The Case of Turkey Serdal Bahçe, Hasan Cömert, Nilgün Erdem, Elif Karaçimen, Ahmet Haşim Köse, Özgür Orhangazi, Gökçer Özgür and Galip L.Yalman 13. The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on European Union Member States Carlos A. Carrasco, Jesus Ferreiro, Catalina Galvez, Carmen Gomez and Ana González Index

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Book SynopsisThoroughly updated and substantially extended, this internationally successful text explores transnational corporations (TNCs), their activities and effects, as well as the theories developed to explain them. Invaluable for courses as well as researchers in international business, international economics, globalization, international relations, economic geography and history of economic thought on the TNCs. Key features of this edition: A unique critical analysis of all the theories of TNCs in their historical context and with insightful commentaries at the end of each chapter, now extended to cover network theory and dynamic capabilities theory Clear exposition of concepts on the evolution and the activities of TNCs Analysis of effects of TNCs' activities on: innovation; labour; trade; balance of payments and the fiscal revenue of countries Discussions on new topics such as the digital TNCs and global value chains A contribution to the history of economic thought on the TNC Summary boxes as well as suggestions for further reading within each chapter give opportunities for discussion and extended learning. Ideal for advanced bachelors and masters courses in international business, economics, international relations, globalization and economic geography as well as the history of economic thought, Transnational Corporations and International Production is an essential text for appreciating the evolution, explanations and impact of TNCs in a globalised world.Trade Review'Grazia Ietto-Gillies' book - now in its 3rd edition - has a well-earned cult following. There is no other book that provides such a comprehensive, detailed and updated overview of theoretical approaches to the study of transnational corporations (TNCs) as the main actors in globalisation processes. As for the previous editions, Ietto-Gillies' book remains unique for its exhaustive coverage of the major theories of TNCs, and for following a history of economic thought perspective surprisingly seldom applied to this topical field of research. Achievements and gaps of the theoretical body of literature looking at determinants and impacts of TNC behaviours and strategies, in a comparative perspective, are subject to an extraordinarily thoughtful and original analysis. I recommend the book highly for students at all levels of higher education; it should be considered necessary for any scholar seeking to advance our knowledge on one of the most important drivers of modern societies world-wide.' --Simona Iammarino, London School of Economics, UK'This book deals with the important issue of integrating the study of the transnational corporation into economics. Ietto-Gillies places the different theories on the TNC into its wider theoretical and historical context and offers the reader an excellent opportunity to get a deeper understanding of not only the circumstances under which a theory has developed but also which issues are addressed by the theory - and which issues are not addressed. The book contains brilliant analyses and comparisons of basic theories within the field and is an inspiring source for every scholar within the international business field.' --Mats Forsgren, Uppsala University, Sweden'Grazia Ietto-Gillies' book remains the best introduction that we have to theories of international business. It offers an especially comprehensive guide to the origin and evolution of theories of transnational corporations grounded in Economics or Strategy. The latest edition relates to all the major contemporary debates in the field.' --John Cantwell, Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I EVOLUTION AND CONCEPTS 1. Evolution and and growth 2. Modalities of TNCs’ operations PART II PRE-WWII APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT Introduction to Part II 3. Marxist approaches 4. Foreign investment within the neoclassical paradigm PART III MODERN THEORIES Introduction to Part III 5. Hymer’s seminal work 6. The product life cycle and international production 7. Oligopolistic reactions and the geographical pattern of FDI 8. Currency areas and internationalization 9. Internalization and the transnational corporation 10. Dunning’s eclectic framework 11. Stages in the internationalization process: the Uppsala Model 12. Evolutionary theories of the TNC 13. New trade theories and the activities of TNCs 14. Transnational monopoly capitalism 15. Nation-states and TNCs’ strategic behaviour 16. The transnational corporation as a network 17. Bundle of resources, dynamic capabilities and the TNC 18. Theories of the TNC and the XXI century PART IV EFFECTS Introduction to Part IV 19. Boundaries in the assessment of effects 20. Innovation and the TNCs 21. Effects on Labour 22. Effects on Trade 23. Wider effects from the balance of payments to fiscal revenues References Index

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Book SynopsisThoroughly updated and substantially extended, this internationally successful text explores transnational corporations (TNCs), their activities and effects, as well as the theories developed to explain them. Invaluable for courses as well as researchers in international business, international economics, globalization, international relations, economic geography and history of economic thought on the TNCs. Key features of this edition: A unique critical analysis of all the theories of TNCs in their historical context and with insightful commentaries at the end of each chapter, now extended to cover network theory and dynamic capabilities theory Clear exposition of concepts on the evolution and the activities of TNCs Analysis of effects of TNCs' activities on: innovation; labour; trade; balance of payments and the fiscal revenue of countries Discussions on new topics such as the digital TNCs and global value chains A contribution to the history of economic thought on the TNC Summary boxes as well as suggestions for further reading within each chapter give opportunities for discussion and extended learning. Ideal for advanced bachelors and masters courses in international business, economics, international relations, globalization and economic geography as well as the history of economic thought, Transnational Corporations and International Production is an essential text for appreciating the evolution, explanations and impact of TNCs in a globalised world.Trade Review'Grazia Ietto-Gillies' book - now in its 3rd edition - has a well-earned cult following. There is no other book that provides such a comprehensive, detailed and updated overview of theoretical approaches to the study of transnational corporations (TNCs) as the main actors in globalisation processes. As for the previous editions, Ietto-Gillies' book remains unique for its exhaustive coverage of the major theories of TNCs, and for following a history of economic thought perspective surprisingly seldom applied to this topical field of research. Achievements and gaps of the theoretical body of literature looking at determinants and impacts of TNC behaviours and strategies, in a comparative perspective, are subject to an extraordinarily thoughtful and original analysis. I recommend the book highly for students at all levels of higher education; it should be considered necessary for any scholar seeking to advance our knowledge on one of the most important drivers of modern societies world-wide.' --Simona Iammarino, London School of Economics, UK'This book deals with the important issue of integrating the study of the transnational corporation into economics. Ietto-Gillies places the different theories on the TNC into its wider theoretical and historical context and offers the reader an excellent opportunity to get a deeper understanding of not only the circumstances under which a theory has developed but also which issues are addressed by the theory - and which issues are not addressed. The book contains brilliant analyses and comparisons of basic theories within the field and is an inspiring source for every scholar within the international business field.' --Mats Forsgren, Uppsala University, Sweden'Grazia Ietto-Gillies' book remains the best introduction that we have to theories of international business. It offers an especially comprehensive guide to the origin and evolution of theories of transnational corporations grounded in Economics or Strategy. The latest edition relates to all the major contemporary debates in the field.' --John Cantwell, Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I EVOLUTION AND CONCEPTS 1. Evolution and and growth 2. Modalities of TNCs’ operations PART II PRE-WWII APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT Introduction to Part II 3. Marxist approaches 4. Foreign investment within the neoclassical paradigm PART III MODERN THEORIES Introduction to Part III 5. Hymer’s seminal work 6. The product life cycle and international production 7. Oligopolistic reactions and the geographical pattern of FDI 8. Currency areas and internationalization 9. Internalization and the transnational corporation 10. Dunning’s eclectic framework 11. Stages in the internationalization process: the Uppsala Model 12. Evolutionary theories of the TNC 13. New trade theories and the activities of TNCs 14. Transnational monopoly capitalism 15. Nation-states and TNCs’ strategic behaviour 16. The transnational corporation as a network 17. Bundle of resources, dynamic capabilities and the TNC 18. Theories of the TNC and the XXI century PART IV EFFECTS Introduction to Part IV 19. Boundaries in the assessment of effects 20. Innovation and the TNCs 21. Effects on Labour 22. Effects on Trade 23. Wider effects from the balance of payments to fiscal revenues References Index

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Book Synopsis'The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of ''doing economy'' differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.' - Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US'Let us forget, just for a moment, ''capitalism'' and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.' - Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, FranceTheorising and illustrating diverse, more-than-capitalist economies, this broad-ranging Handbook presents ways in which it is possible to imagine and enact other ways of being. It gathers together empirical examples of diverse economic practices and experiments from across the world, framed by in-depth discussions of key theoretical concepts.Organised into thematic sections, the Handbook moves from looking at diverse forms of enterprise, to labour, transactions, property, and finance as well as decentred subjectivity and diverse economies methodology. Chapters present a wide diversity of economic practices that make up contemporary economies, many of which are ignored or devalued by mainstream economic theory. Pushing the boundaries of economic thinking to include more than human labour and human/non-human interdependence, it highlights the challenges of enacting ethical economies in the face of dominant ways of thinking and being.Economic geography, political economy and development studies scholars will greatly appreciate the empirical examples of diverse economic practices blended with theory throughout the Handbook. It will also benefit policy-makers and practitioners working within diverse economies, or looking to create more ethical ways of living.Trade Review‘This impressive collection of stimulating theorization and descriptions of a multitude of other-than-capitalist economic practices could not have been published at a more pertinent time. The Handbook is truly international in terms of authors’ affiliations and case studies’ geographies, covering the 'minority world' (developed countries) and the 'majority world' (those less developed). The Handbook offers key conceptual tools for housing scholars to unlock the diverse economies of housing. It also makes an inspiring read for students and scholars of any discipline who want to imagine alternative, more ethical futures which are already seeded in the practices of today.’ -- Adriana Mihaela Soaita, Housing, Theory and Society‘The editors and their many contributors have to be congratulated for an impressive volume that succeeds in presenting an empirically grounded and theoretically robust Marxism which is fit for the challenges of the Anthropocene. Whether one agrees with their approach and visions or not, this is a highly recommended read and a valuable resource for teaching on economic practices in our more-than-capitalist world.’ -- Jens Kaae Fisker, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of “doing economy” differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.’ -- Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US‘Let us forget, just for a moment, “capitalism” and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.’ -- Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, France'So much of the world's economy is informal, cooperative, community-based and unwaged: a diverse kaleidoscope of activities, all with their own ecologies, for worse . . . and often for better. How do they work? What work do they do? Finally a global, inclusive, and exhaustive guide to the planet s actually-existing economies.' --Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US'In the face of a zombie capitalism that will not die, The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers the most potent response possible: the fierce creativity of life itself. The 58 essays of this book introduce us to a pluriverse of practical, non-capitalist lifeforms that are humane, socially grounded, and constantly evolving. Be prepared to enter a portal of new perspectives that loosens the grip of the capitalist imaginary and opens up a fertile transdisciplinary space for envisioning and making a new world.' --David Bollier, coauthor of Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons'The Handbook of Diverse Economies marks a major milestone for the influential program of research, action, and experimentation initiated by Gibson-Graham's The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It) some 25 years ago. It presents an array of provocative strategies for ''doing economy'' differently, and for imagining and enacting different economic worlds.' --Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to The Handbook of Diverse Economies : inventory as ethical intervention 1 J.K. Gibson-Graham and Kelly Dombroski PART I ENTERPRISE 2 Framing essay: the diversity of enterprise 26 Jenny Cameron 3 Worker cooperatives 40 Maliha Safri 4 Self-managed enterprise: worker-recuperated cooperatives in Argentina and Latin America 48 Ana Inés Heras and Marcelo Vieta 5 Community enterprise: diverse designs for community-owned energy infrastructure 56 Jarra Hicks 6 Eco-social enterprises: ethical business in a post-socialist context 65 Nadia Johanisova, Lucie Sovová and Eva Fraňková 7 Enterprising new worlds: social enterprise and the value of repair 74 Isaac Lyne and Anisah Madden 8 Anti-mafia enterprise: Italian strategies to counter violent economies 82 Christina Jerne 9 State and community enterprise: negotiating water management in rural Ireland 90 Patrick Bresnihan and Arielle Hesse 10 Independent and small businesses: diversity amongst the 99 per cent of businesses 98 Peter North 11 Homo economicus and the capitalist corporation: decentring authority and ownership 106 Jayme Walenta PART II LABOUR 12 Framing essay: the diversity of labour 116 Katharine McKinnon 13 Precarious labour: Russia’s ‘other’ transition 129 Marianna Pavlovskaya 14 The persistence of informal and unpaid labour: evidence from UK households 137 Colin C. Williams and Richard J. White 15 Paid and unpaid labour: feminist economic activism in a diverse economy 146 Megan Clement-Couzner 16 Caring labour: redistributing care work 154 Kelly Dombroski 17 Non-human ‘labour’: the work of Earth Others 163 Elizabeth Barron and Jaqueline Hess 18 Collectively performed reciprocal labour: reading for possibility 170 Katherine Gibson 19 Informal mining labour: economic plurality and household survival strategies 179 Pryor Placino 20 Migrant women’s labour: sustaining livelihoods through diverse economic practices in Accra, Ghana 186 Chizu Sato and Theresa Tufuor PART III TRANSACTIONS 21 Framing essay: the diversity of transactions 195 Gradon Diprose 22 Gleaning: transactions at the nexus of food, commons and waste 206 Oona Morrow 23 Direct producer–consumer transactions: Community Supported Agriculture and its offshoots 214 Ted White 24 Direct food provisioning: collective food procurement 223 Cristina Grasseni 25 Alternative currencies: diverse experiments 230 Peter North 26 Transacting services through time banking: renegotiating equality and reshaping work 238 Gradon Diprose 27 Fair trade: market-based ethical encounters and the messy entanglements of living well 246 Lindsay Naylor 28 Social procurement: generating social good through market transactions, directly and indirectly 254 Joanne McNeill 29 Sharing cities: new urban imaginaries for diverse economies 262 Darren Sharp PART IV PROPERTY 30 Framing essay: the diversity of property 271 Kevin St. Martin 31 Commoning property in the city: the ongoing work of making and remaking 283 Anna Kruzynski 32 Community land trusts: embracing the relationality of property 292 Louise Crabtree 33 Urban land markets in Africa: multiplying possibilities via a diverse economy reading 300 Colin Marx 34 A Slow Food commons: cultivating conviviality across a range of property forms 308 Melissa Kennedy 35 Free universities as academic commons 316 Esra Erdem 36 Diverse legalities: pluralism and instrumentalism 323 Bronwen Morgan and Declan Kuch PART V FINANCE 37 Framing essay: the diversity of finance 332 Maliha Safri and Yahya M. Madra 38 Islamic finance: diversity within difference 346 Gemma Bone Dodds and Jane Pollard 39 Rotating savings and credit associations: mutual aid financing 354 Caroline Shenaz Hossein 40 Indigenous finance: treaty settlement finance in Aotearoa New Zealand 362 Maria Bargh 41 Community finance: marshalling investments for community-owned renewable energy enterprises 370 Jarra Hicks 42 Hacking finance: experiments with algorithmic activism 379 Tuomo Alhojärvi PART VI SUBJECTIVITY 43 Framing essay: subjectivity in a diverse economy 389 Stephen Healy, Ceren Özselçuk and Yahya M. Madra 44 More-than-human agency: from the human economy to ecological livelihoods 402 Ethan Miller 45 On power and the uses of genealogy for building community economies 411 Nate Gabriel and Eric Sarmiento 46 Techniques for shifting economic subjectivity: promoting an assets-based stance with artists and artisans 419 Abby Templer Rodrigues 47 Affect and subjectivity: learning to be affected in diverse economies scholarship 428 Gerda Roelvink 48 Diverse subjectivities, sexualities and economies: challenging heteroand homonormativity 436 Gavin Brown 49 Journeys of postdevelopment subjectivity transformation: a shared narrative of scholars from the majority world 444 Anmeng Liu, S.M. Waliuzzaman, Huong Thi Do, Ririn Haryani and Sonam Pem PART VII METHODOLOGY 50 Framing essay: diverse economies methodology 453 Gerda Roelvink 51 Translating diverse economies in the Anglocene 467 Tuomo Alhojärvi and Pieta Hyvärinen 52 Reading for economic difference 476 J.K. Gibson-Graham 53 Field methods for assemblage analysis: tracing relations between difference and dominance 486 Eric Sarmiento 54 Visualizing and analysing diverse economies with GIS: a resource for performative research 493 Luke Drake 55 Working with Indigenous methodologies: Kaupapa Māori meets diverse economies 502 Joanne Waitoa and Kelly Dombroski 56 Action research for diverse economies 511 Jenny Cameron and Katherine Gibson 57 Focusing on assets: action research for an inclusive and diverse workplace 520 Leo Hwang 58 How to reclaim the economy using artistic means: the case of Company Drinks 527 Kathrin Böhm and Kuba Szreder Index 535

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Book SynopsisThe geography of innovation is changing. Firstly, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Secondly, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. The aim of this handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. The handbook gathers a new generation of ideas and authors to contribute to the debate, providing an empirically grounded critical appraisal of the prevailing knowledge on the geography of innovation. The 28 original chapters, written by a diverse range of scholars with widely differing views, present fresh empirical evidence and new perspectives relating to how innovation plays out across space in an age where mobility has increased, information is ubiquitous and globalisation has been realised. Overall, the dialogue between existing theory and new possibilities provides a unique and challenging appraisal of the connection between innovation, agglomeration and space. Offering cutting edge ideas in an accessible format, this will be an ideal resource for students and scholars of economic geography and innovation studies. The empirical evidence and analysis will also be of great value for policymakers and government officials.Contributors include: B.T. Asheim, H.W. Aslesen, A. Bain, P.-A. Balland, N. Bradford, A. Bramwell, C. Brennan-Horley, S. Breschi, C. Carraincazeaux, C. Chaminade, R. Comunian, C. De Fuentes, D. Doloreux, D. Eckert, A. Faggian, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, K. Flanagan, C. Gibson, M. Grillitsch, M. Grossetti, G. Harirchi, F. Huber, A. Isaksen, S. Jewel, J. Karlsen, N. Komninos, J.-L. Klein, N. Lee, F. Lissoni, M. Maisonobe, J. Mattes, P. McCann, C.T. Noumedem, R. Ortega-Argilés, M. Plechero, A. Rallet, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R. Shearmur, H.L. Smith, B. Spigel, J. Tallec, E. Tranos, D.-G. Tremblay, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, C. Yang, C. Wilkie, D.A. WolfeTrade Review'The editors have assembled a superb array of experts on various aspects of innovation and its geographical sources, processes and manifestations. This volume provides state-of-the-art overviews of key topics, probing of ongoing debates, and fresh empirical perspectives on unresolved dilemmas in innovation studies. The volume should be an essential reference for scholars and policymakers alike as they struggle to understand the many geographies of innovation.' --Edward J. Malecki, The Ohio State University'The authors present a much needed update to prior handbooks on the geography of innovation. They have been able to put together a remarkable and consistent collection of chapters by well-known authors that will be of relevance not only for geographers, but also for scholars in economics, innovation studies and related fields interested in the spatial aspects of innovation. It combines well-established topics on innovation systems with new insights, for instance, into the culture of innovation, discusses center vs. periphery innovation, and orients itself along a set of perceived confusions in the field - as identified in the introduction. I believe this book will find a broad readership among researchers, students and politicians interested in the spatiality of innovation.' --Harald Bathelt, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Forward Introduction The Geographies of Innovations: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS 1. Regional Innovation, R&D and Knowledge Spillovers: The Role Played by Geographical and Non-Geographical Factors Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 2. Regional Innovation Systems: Past - Present - Future Björn T. Asheim, Markus Grillitsch and Michaela Trippl 3. Understanding and Learning from an Evolving Geography of Innovation Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 4. The Cultural Embeddedness of Regional Innovation: A Bourdieuian Perspective Ben Spigel 5. Proximity Dynamics and the Geography of Innovation: Diminishing Returns or Renewal? Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet PART II RELATEDNESS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES: INTRODUCTION Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 6. Relatedness and the Geography of Innovation Pierre-Alexandre Balland 7. How Do Firms Acquire Knowledge in Different Sectoral and Regional Contexts? Franz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl 8. Clusters Initiatives, Open Innovation and Knowledge Bases Heidi Wiig Aslesen and Arne Isaksen PART III CITIES, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 9. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions David A. Wolfe 10. Intelligent Cities and the Evolution Towards Technology-Enhanced, Global, and User-Driven Territorial Systems of Innovation Nicos Komninos 11.Geography, Skills and Career Patterns at the Boundary of Creativity and Innovation: Digital Technology and Creative Arts Graduates in the UK Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian and Sarah Jewell PART IV BEYOND AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 12. Four Commonly Held Beliefs About the Geography of Scientific Activities Michel Grossetti, Denis Eckert, Marion Maisonobe and Josselin Tallec 13. Putting the Boot into Creative Cluster Theory Chris Gibson and Chris Brennan-Horley 14. Beyond Networks in Clusters Franz Huber and Rune Dahl Fitjar 15. Suburban Creativity and Innovation Alison Bain 16. Innovation in Peripheral Regions Arne Isaksen and James Karlsen PART V INNOVATION POLICY 17. Regional Economic Development: Institutions, Innovation, and Policy Neil Bradford and Allison Bramwell 18. Revisiting the Role of Policy in Regional Innovation Systems Elvira Uyarra and Kieron Flanagan 19. Evolution of Regional Innovation Systems in China: Insights From Emerging Indigenous Innovation in Shenzhen Chun Yang 20. Entrepreneurial Regions in Theory and Policy Practice Helen Lawton Smith PART VI TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY AND NETWORKS: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 21. The Internet: Its Geography, Growth and the Creation of (Digital) Social Capital Emmanouil Tranos 22. The Geography and Structure of Global Innovation Networks: Global Scope and Regional Embeddedness Cristina Chaminade, Claudia De Fuentes, Gouya Harirchi and Monica Plechero 23. Migration and Innovation: A Survey of Recent Studies Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Claudia Noumedem Temgoua 24. The Geography of Innovation in Multinational Companies: Internal Distribution and External Embeddedness Jannika Mattes PART VII LOCAL IMPACTS OF INNOVATION: Introduction Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux and David Doloreux 25. Growth With Inequality? The Local Consequences of Innovation and Creativity Neil Lee 26. Why Local Development and Local Innovation are Not the Same Thing: The Uneven Geographic Distribution of Innovation-Related Development, Richard Shearmur 27. Cultural Creation and Social Innovation as the Basis for Building a Cohesive City Juan-Luis Klein and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Index

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Book SynopsisThe Geography of Entrepreneurial Psychology summarizes existing research and relevant insights from psychology, economics, management, sociology and geography to provide an overview to a new and innovative interdisciplinary field, answering the critical question 'what is a vibrant startup culture?' Mapping recent empirical advances and analysing regional differences in macro-psychological factors associated with entrepreneurship, the book discusses the role of historical trajectories of regional differences, considering their significance to contemporary entrepreneurial and geographical psychology. Chapters turn to established psychological theories, such as McClelland's Human Motivation Theory and the Big Five personality traits, to measure entrepreneurship culture and its persistence between regions and cities, delivering key implications for practice, education and policy in entrepreneurship. Setting a crucial agenda for future research, this cutting-edge book is vital reading for students and researchers of entrepreneurship cultures, particularly those focusing on regional differences. Psychologists and geographers will also benefit from this book’s multidisciplinary insights into spatial aspects of entrepreneurial psychology.Trade Review'Places with vivid start-up and entrepreneurial cultures are more likely to thrive. Yet we know little about what makes a place prone or averse to entrepreneurship. Obschonka, Fritsch and Stuetzer address this issue, in an exciting and thought-provoking way, by delving into the psychology of places. A must read for those interested in this last frontier of entrepreneurial research.' -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK'Entrepreneurship is not random. The decision to become an entrepreneur is shaped by someone's social and physical environment, the way he or she grew up, and personality characteristics rooted in someone's genetic make-up. This excellent book puts all of this together in a state-of-the-art analysis of the geography of entrepreneurial psychology.' -- Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, University of Groningen, the Netherlands'This pathbreaking new book cracks what may prove to be the final frontier linking entrepreneurship to regional economic performance - the role of culture. By using a personality-based approach, this book is able not only to identify the cultural profile of regions but also analyze its impact on entrepreneurship and ultimately why economic performance varies across geographic space. Both scholars and thought leaders in policy and business wanting to understand why some places are more entrepreneurial and do better than others are well advised to start with this book.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Entrepreneurship and psychology in geographic context: introduction 2. Micro-level psychology of entrepreneurship 3. Geographic variation of psychological factors associated with entrepreneurship 4. Persistence of regional entrepreneurship 5. Historical roots 6. Implications for practice, education and policy 7. Agenda for future research 8. Summary and outlook References Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide to understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems: what they are, why they matter, and to whom they matter. Ben Spigel explores this popular new theory of economic development, locating the intellectual roots of ecosystems, explaining the practices and processes that allow ecosystems to support the creation and growth of innovative entrepreneurial firms. Investigating why some places are able to support innovative, high-growth entrepreneurship while others cannot, this book looks at the characteristics of entrepreneurial places in both developed and developing countries to identify the role of factors such as culture, social networks and economic history. Going beyond just the different combinations of different people and factors of a place, Spigel explores the social and economic processes such as learning and entrepreneurial recycling that power how ecosystems develop and influence high-growth venture creation. Entrepreneurship and economic geography scholars will appreciate the strong theoretical exploration of this new approach to understanding entrepreneurship. It will also be a helpful read for public officials, policy makers, and ecosystems builders looking to delve further into this prominent new concept in local economic development policy. Trade Review‘Spigel’s insight has paved the way for advancing knowledge on entrepreneurial ecosystems – a dynamic and interdisciplinary field that will continue evolving and expanding its research scopes and depths.’ -- Li-Chun Lin, International Journal of Sustainable Society'With rapid digitalisation of the economy, entrepreneurial ecosystems have emerged as a novel cluster type to support the start-up and scale-up of new entrepreneurial ventures. This development creates important challenges for policy and practice. Ben Spigel's book provides a timely account of this evolving phenomenon.' --Erkko Autio, Imperial College London, UK'Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Theory, Practice and Futures is a much needed introduction to the main ideas of the emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem approach. It provides an excellent stock taking of the academic literature on entrepreneurial ecosystem, by one of its leading intellectuals.' --Erik Stam, Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands'Ben Spigel has moved our collective thinking about entrepreneurship ecosystems a big step forward with his new book, which should be read by all who consider themselves entrepreneurship ecosystems practitioners or entrepreneurship policy makers.' --Daniel Isenberg, Columbia Business School, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Intellectual Foundations of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 3. The Actors and Factors of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 4. Ecosystem Practices and Processes 5. Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 6. Critiques of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisDevelopments in recent decades have led to money and finance assuming unprecedented influence over almost every aspect of economic and social life. Making the case for a geography of money, this multidisciplinary Handbook argues it is necessary to think spatially about the constitution and expressions of money and financial systems in the wake of the 2007?-2008 Global Financial Crisis.High-quality, research-based contributions from leading international scholars illustrate how the operation and regulation of monetary and financial systems both shape and are shaped by local, national and global developments. Examining four key dimensions of this geography, they consider the different spaces of monetary relations and instabilities, how money and finance contribute to geographically uneven economic development, the regulatory spaces of money, and the emergence of alternative forms and circuits of finance outside the established banking system. Timely and discerning, this book will be of particular importance to geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and planners. It will also be of great interest to all those concerned with how money shapes and reshapes socio-economic space, as well as how it conditions local and regional development.Contributors: M.B. Aalbers, D.S. Bieri, D. Bryan, B. Christophers, G.L. Clark, J. Corpateaux, O. Crevoisier, K. Datta, A.D. Dixon, S. Dörry, G.A. Dymski, M. Gray, B. Klagge, J. Knox-Hayes, S. Köppe, G. Marandola, R. Martin, P. North, P. O'Brien, L. Papi, A. Pike, M. Pilkington, J. Pollard, M. Pryke, M. Rafferty, L. Rethel, E. Sarno, B.A. Searle, M. Shabani, T.J. Sinclair, E. Slack, P. Sunley, T. Theurillat, T. Wainwright, D. Wigan, D. Wójcik, G. Yeung, A. Zazzaro, B. ZhangTrade Review‘This is an interesting and well-referenced book that contains a lot of useful knowledge about the world’s financial and monetary systems.’ -- Gordon F. Mulligan, Economic Development QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1. The Geography of Money and Finance Ron Martin and Jane Pollard PART I THE CASE FOR A GEOGRAPHY OF MONEY 2. On the Geography of Bubbles and Financial Crises Gary A. Dymski and Mimoza Shabani 3. The Geographical Political Economy of Money and Finance after the Great Crisis: Beyond ‘Market Discipline’ Brett Christophers 4. The Territorial Governance of the Financial Industry Jose Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier and Thierry Theurillat 5. The Map and the Territory: Exploring Capital’s New Financialised Spatialities Dick Bryan, Mike Rafferty and Duncan Wigan 6. ‘This Time it’s Different’… and Why it Matters: The Shifting Geographies of Money, Finance and Risks Michael Pryke PART II MONEY, THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND UNEVEN GEOGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT 7. The Spatial Structure of the Financial System and the Funding of Regional Business: A Comparison of Britain and Germany Britta Klagge, Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 8. The Geographical Network of Bank Organizations: Issues and Evidence for Italy Luca Papi, Emma Sarno and Alberto Zazzaro 9. Innovation and Stock Markets: International Evidence on Manufacturing and Services Dariusz Wójcik 10. The Financialisation and Governance of Infrastructure Peter O’Brien and Andy Pike 11. The Geography of Local Public Finance Enid Slack 12. The State as Institutional Investor: Unpacking the Geographical Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds Adam D. Dixon 13. Geographies of Mortgage Markets Manuel B. Aalbers 14. Geographies of Assets and Debt Beverley A. Searle and Stephan Köppe 15. The Financial Legacy of Pension Fund Capitalism Gordon L. Clark PART III SPACES OF FINANCIAL AND MONETARY REGULATION 16. Regulatory Space and the Flow of Funds across the Hierarchy of Money David S. Bieri 17. Regulatory Spaces in Global Finance Sabine Dörry 18. Emerging Onshore-Offshore Services: The Case of Asset-Backed Finance Markets in Europe Thomas Wainwright 19. Banking Reform in China: A Balancing Act between Financial Viability and Financial Security Godfrey Yeung 20. Credit Rating Agencies are Poorly Understood and the Rules Developed for Them Will Not Work Ginevra Marandola and Timothy J. Sinclair PART IV NEW AND EMERGING MONEY SPACES 21. Alternative Circuits of Capital: Parallel Economies of Environmental Finance Janelle Knox Hayes 22. Geographies of Alternative, Complimentary and Community Currencies Peter North 23. ‘Mainstreaming; the Alternative’; The Financialisation of Transnational Migrant Remittances Kavita Datta 24. The Imaginary Landscapes of Islamic Finance and the Global Financial Crisis Lena Rethel 25. Crowdfunding: Understanding Diversity Mia Gray and Bryan Zhang 26. Bitcoin through the Lens of Complexity Theory Marc Pilkington Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive guide to the vibrant and expanding global production network (GPN) approach. Neil M. Coe deftly explores the antecedents and theoretical underpinnings of GPN analysis, as well as debates and controversies surrounding the approach and its position in wider interdisciplinary discussions. He argues overall that, during a time of profound ongoing challenges within the global economic system, the need for a GPN framework has never been more pressing.Key features include: an up-to-date assessment of current debates in the literature an integrated perspective on how GPN thinking can aid understanding of capitalist uneven development a wide range of sectoral and geographical examples a thorough discussion of connections to cognate debates in the wider social sciences and business and management studies identification of future research challenges in the field. In short, Advanced Introduction to Global Production Networks is an ideal introductory book for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in geography, economics and business looking to understand the organization and dynamics of the global economy.Trade Review’Neil Coe presents an engaging and impressively lucid introduction to global production networks as a powerful framework for understanding cross-border flows of goods and services and their geographical energies and outcomes. As one of the framework's architects, Coe expertly takes the reader through its core tenets, as well as inviting us to consider its potential for grasping some of the major challenges facing the global economy in the 2020s.’ -- - Alex Hughes, Newcastle University, UK’Coe’s book offers a much needed, comprehensive elaboration of the GPN approach, detailing its origins, elements, features, and the processes through which GPN couplings shape regional development outcomes. It is a highly accessible and thorough resource for scholars and students interested in studying and understanding the organization, governance, geographies, and development implications of global production networks today. Superbly organized and written, this Advanced Introduction will be an essential reference and guide for years to come.’ -- - James T. Murphy, Clark University, US’Coe navigates the complex world of global production networks in a highly informative and lucid way. He weaves diverse approaches to the analysis of global production networks into an articulate synthesis of a rapidly evolving GPN literature. This book is a must read for all scholars and students examining the dynamics of global production, distribution and trade, and wider social and environmental implications. It provides crucial insights into contemporary global economic development.’ -- - Stephanie Barrientos, The University of Manchester, UK’Neil M. Coe’s Advanced Introduction provides all you need to know about global production networks in one place. Smartly organized, comprehensive but succinct, and easy to follow but precise, this is the perfect book for all those who want to know how the geography of global production is changing and why.’ -- - Stefano Ponte, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A global production network world? 3. Organization 4. Territoriality 5. Firm strategies 6. Institutional landscapes 7. Strategic coupling 8. Contested development 9. Futures References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive guide to the vibrant and expanding global production network (GPN) approach. Neil M. Coe deftly explores the antecedents and theoretical underpinnings of GPN analysis, as well as debates and controversies surrounding the approach and its position in wider interdisciplinary discussions. He argues overall that, during a time of profound ongoing challenges within the global economic system, the need for a GPN framework has never been more pressing.Key features include: an up-to-date assessment of current debates in the literature an integrated perspective on how GPN thinking can aid understanding of capitalist uneven development a wide range of sectoral and geographical examples a thorough discussion of connections to cognate debates in the wider social sciences and business and management studies identification of future research challenges in the field. In short, Advanced Introduction to Global Production Networks is an ideal introductory book for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in geography, economics and business looking to understand the organization and dynamics of the global economy.Trade Review’Neil Coe presents an engaging and impressively lucid introduction to global production networks as a powerful framework for understanding cross-border flows of goods and services and their geographical energies and outcomes. As one of the framework's architects, Coe expertly takes the reader through its core tenets, as well as inviting us to consider its potential for grasping some of the major challenges facing the global economy in the 2020s.’ -- - Alex Hughes, Newcastle University, UK’Coe’s book offers a much needed, comprehensive elaboration of the GPN approach, detailing its origins, elements, features, and the processes through which GPN couplings shape regional development outcomes. It is a highly accessible and thorough resource for scholars and students interested in studying and understanding the organization, governance, geographies, and development implications of global production networks today. Superbly organized and written, this Advanced Introduction will be an essential reference and guide for years to come.’ -- - James T. Murphy, Clark University, US’Coe navigates the complex world of global production networks in a highly informative and lucid way. He weaves diverse approaches to the analysis of global production networks into an articulate synthesis of a rapidly evolving GPN literature. This book is a must read for all scholars and students examining the dynamics of global production, distribution and trade, and wider social and environmental implications. It provides crucial insights into contemporary global economic development.’ -- - Stephanie Barrientos, The University of Manchester, UK’Neil M. Coe’s Advanced Introduction provides all you need to know about global production networks in one place. Smartly organized, comprehensive but succinct, and easy to follow but precise, this is the perfect book for all those who want to know how the geography of global production is changing and why.’ -- - Stefano Ponte, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A global production network world? 3. Organization 4. Territoriality 5. Firm strategies 6. Institutional landscapes 7. Strategic coupling 8. Contested development 9. Futures References Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven competitiveness. In particular, economic geographers and spatial economists have rapidly developed the theoretical tools by which to approach such analyses. The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the advanced theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make sense of the determinants of uneven development across regions. Drawing on an international field of leading scholars, the book is assembled and organized so that readers can first learn of the theoretical underpinnings of regional competitiveness and development theory, before moving on to deeper discussions of key factors and principal elements, the emergence of allied concepts, empirical applications, and the policy context. International in its scope, including global empirical analysis, the book is a definitive resource in terms of providing access to some of the seminal research and thinking on regional competitiveness. This contemporary Handbook is an ideal reference for students and academics in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. It will also appeal to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in regional economic development.Contributors include: K. Aiginger, P. Annoni, M.J. Aranguren, D. Audretsch, P.-A. Balland, R. Boschma, R. Camagni, R. Cellini, J. Crespo, P. Di Caro, L. Dijkstra, J. Fagerberg, M. Firgo, U. Fratesi, R. Harris, R. Huggins, J. Jansson, C. Ketels, I. Lengyel, E. Magro, E.J. Malecki, A. Mamtora, R. Martin, P. McCann, H. Menendez, P. Ni, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Periáñez, A. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, L. Saez, J. Shen, M. Srholec, M. Storper, P. Sunley, M. Thissen, P. Thompson, G. Torrisi, I. Turok, F. van Oort, Y. Wang, A. Waxell, C. Wilkie, J.R. WilsonTrade Review'This book helps us better understand the geography of economic competitiveness. With contributions from an international cast of leading scholars, it shows what works and what doesn't and what it means for efforts to improve the competitiveness of regions and nations.' --(Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Regional Competitiveness and Development: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART I REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH 2. Explaining Regional Growth and Change Michael Storper 3. Measuring and Monitoring Regional Competitiveness in the European Union Paola Annoni and Lewis Dijkstra 4. Regional Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Evolution of Explanatory Models Richard Harris 5. Explaining Regional Economic Performance: The Role of Competitiveness, Specialization and Capabilities Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec 6. Economic Competitiveness and Regional Development Dynamics Edward J. Malecki PART II THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 7. Regional Competitiveness: Connecting an Old Concept With New Goals Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo 8. Regional Economic Competition and Place-Based Policies Frank Van Oort and Mark Thissen 9. The Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness Ugo Fratesi 10. Territorial Capital, Competitiveness and Regional Development Roberto Camagni 11. A Network Theory of Regional Competitiveness: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART III REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY 12. Resilience, Networks and Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework Joan Crespo, Ron Boschma and Pierre-Alexandre Balland 13. Competitiveness and Regional Economic Resilience Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 14. Regional Resilience in Italy: Do Employment and Income Tell the Same Story? Roberto Cellini, Paolo Di Caro and GianpieroTorrisi 15. Quality and Space: A Framework for Quality-Based Regional Competitiveness Johan Jansson and Anders Waxell PART IV COMPETITIVENESS AND EMERGING REGIONS 16. Innovation and Competitiveness in the Periphery of Europe Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 17. Urban Land, Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Global South Ivan Turok 18. Competitive and Uncompetitive Regions in Transition Economies: The Case of the Visegrad Post-Socialist Countries Imre Lengyel PART V URBAN REGIONS AND CITY COMPETITIVENESS 19. Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of 500 Cities Around The World Pengfei Ni and Yufei Wang 20. Competition and Cooperation in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Region Jianfa Shen 21. Measuring Urban Competitiveness In Europe Lucía Sáez and Iñaki Periáñez PART VI REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES AND POLICY 22. Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments? Christian Ketels 23. The Strategic Management of Places and Regional Competitiveness David Audretsch, Hugo Menendez, Aileen Richardson and Apexa Mamtora 24. Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialization Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 25. Regional Competitiveness Policy in an Era of Smart Specialization Strategies Mari José Aranguren, Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents multidisciplinary research that expands our understanding of the innovation system (IS) and the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) perspectives on regional economic development. It critically reviews the two concepts and explores the promise and the limits of bridging IS and EE, particularly as applied outside of the bubbling global hubs or to the types of entrepreneurship different from the high-growth variety. Building on these insights, it delves deeper into the links between the academic knowledge and its practical applications in a variety of contexts - from a vibrant London suburb to Latin American countries - with the goal of offering place-specific policy implications. Additionally, the authors advance the inquiry by examining some of the overlooked dimensions of the systemic approaches to economic development such as informal and social entrepreneurship and offers a comprehensive view of the current research at the intersection of the IS and the EE frameworks from the practical perspective. Entrepreneurship and innovation - and relatively new ways to study and understand those within the systems framework - are at the forefront of scholarly and policy debate on economic growth at the moment, making this an important and timely work for academics and policy makers. Contributors include: V. Andonova, M. Belitski, J.E. Cassiolato, A.P. da Costa e Silva Lima, C. De Fuentes, G. de Oliveira Santos, M. del Carmen Roman Roig, N.A. Dentchev, A. Diaz Gonzalez, J. Federico, A. Godley, M. Gonzalo, A. Guerrero Alvarado, S. Ibarra Garcia, H. Kantis, R. Lèbre La Rovere, M.C.J. Lustosa, H.M. Martins Lastres, F. Modrego, J.A. Peerally, J. A. Perez-Lopez, M.G. Pessoa de Matos, M.G. Pezzi, R. Pugh, M.G.v. B. Podcameni, J. Schmutzler, V. Servantie, A. Tsvetkova, J.M. Zabala-IturriagagoitiaTrade Review'This book is the first to span the vast void that has separated two distinct research and policy worlds - entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation systems. In this thoughtful and insightful book, the authors are able to highlight and articulate both the commonalities as well as the unique features distinguishing entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation systems. Both researchers and thought leaders in business and policy will benefit from reading this important and pathbreaking new book paving the way for linking entrepreneurship to innovation in the context of ecosystems.' --David Audretsch, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, policy lessons and overlooked dimensions Jana Schmutzler, Rhiannon Pugh and Alexandra Tsvetkova Part I The promise and the limits of bridging the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Innovation Systems approaches 1. Bridging the literature on Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Cross-fertilizations for understanding knowledge-intensive, social and environmental entrepreneurship Renata Lèbre La Rovere, Marcelo Gerson Pessoa de Matos, Guilherme de Oliveira Santos and Antonio Pedro da Costa e Silva Lima 2. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Building bridges from Latin America to the Global South Hugo Kantis, Manuel Gonzalo, Juan Federico and Sabrina Ibarra Garcia 3. The Role of diaspora in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and National Innovation Systems Veneta Andonova, Jonathan A. Perez-Lopez and Jana Schmutzler Part II Policy lessons from the systems perspectives 4. Beyond IP and rich infrastructure! A community service learning perspective on the universities’ supportive role towards social entrepreneurs Abel Diaz Gonzalez, Nikolay A. Dentchev and Maria del Carmen Roman Roig 5. The entrepreneurial propensity of the Swedish National Innovation System: New challenges for policy makers Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia 6. Territory, development and systemic innovation: A Southern perspective José Eduardo Cassiolato, Maria Gabriela v. B. Podcameni, Helena Maria Martins Lastres and Maria Cecília Junqueira Lustosa 7. The synergy approach to understand Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem Taxonomy Maksim Belitski and Andrew Godley Part III The overlooked dimensions of the systems perspectives 8. Beyond entrepreneurial culture in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems framework: Contributions from economic anthropology Maria Giulia Pezzi and Félix Modrego 9. Typifying latecomer social entrepreneurs by ownership structure: Learning and building knowledge from Innovation Systems Jahan Ara Peerally and Claudia De Fuentes 10. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems as a mechanism to promote economic formality in emerging economies: The Case of Bogota Andres Guerrero Alvarado and Vinciane Servantie Epilogue. The systems perspective on economic development: The past, the present and the future Rhiannon Pugh, Jana Schmutzler and Alexandra Tsvetkova Index

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