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Local enterprises in the global economy : issues of governance and upgrading / edited by Hubert Schmitz

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2004Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 392 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781843769743
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9781845421922 (pbk.) | 1843760991 | 9781843760993 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781843760993 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Elektronische Reproduktion von: Local enterprises in the global economy. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2004. XII, 392 SDDC classification:
  • 338.6/42 22
RVK: RVK: QM 000 | QP 310 | RB 10660LOC classification:
  • HD2341
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781843769743Online resources: Summary: This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and insights for researchers and policymakers alikeSummary: 1. Globalized localities : introduction -- 2. Regions in the "world economic triangle" -- 3. Making sense of global standards -- 4. Governance in global value chains -- 5. The underground revolution in the Sinos Valley : a comparison of upgrading in global and national value chains -- 6. How globalization affects Italian industrial districts : the case of Brenta -- 7. Upgrading in the tile industry of Italy, Spain and brazil : insights from cluster and value chain analysis -- 8. Local upgrading strategies in response to global challenges : the surgical instrument cluster of Tuttlingen, Germany -- 9. Clustering and upgrading in global value chains : the Taiwanese personal computer industry -- 10. Global quality standards and technological upgrading in the Brazilian auto-components industry -- 11. The effect of global standards on local producers : a Pakistani case study -- 12. Paradoxes and ironies of locational policy in the new global economy -- 13. Chain governance and upgrading : taking stockPPN: PPN: 1023440202Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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