Globalization, International Spillovers and Sectoral Changes : Implications for Regions and Industries /: Implications for Regions and Industries. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett, Tina Wallin.
• Editors: Karlsson, Charlie; Cornett, Andreas P; Wallin, Tina
• Contents: Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Globalization, international spillovers and sectoral changes: an introduction; PART I GENERAL ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION; 2 Does culture matter? The role of board efficacy, growth and competitiveness in Western and Asian corporate governance; 3 The impact of technology spillovers and international knowledge flows on the productivity and innovativeness of UK multinationals; 4 How does distance determine multinational location choice? A literature review; PART II SECTOR-SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS 5 Yanagiya: one of the best-practice manufacturing SMEs in Japan6 ICT as a driver of innovation: a life-cycle approach; PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONS IN GENERAL; 7 Knowledge-based strategies and sources of growth in small and medium-sized cities: a lesson from the literature; 8 Location, location, location: place-specific human capital, rural firm entry and firm survival; 9 Succeeding generations, changing trajectories: influences of generational transition on local development experiences 10 The Swedish commuting pattern: a gravity model of commuting, with housing-expenditure and income constraintsPART IV IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-BORDER REGIONS; 11 Employment and economic activity in different Swedish border regions; 12 Identifying potential human capital creation within the crossborder institutional thickness model in the Rhine-Waal region; Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Pub
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.4/82; Globalization -- Economic aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Globalisierung; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Spill-over-Effekt; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786432483
• Related ISBNs: 178643248X; 9781786432476; 1786432471
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2018).
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