TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooke,Philip
AU  - Martin,Ron
AU  - Asheim,Bjorn
TI  - Clusters and regional development: critical reflections and explorations 
T2  - Regional development and public policy series
SN  - 9780415349141 (hardback : alk. paper)
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Industrial clusters
KW  - Regional economics
KW  - Space in economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rise of the cluster concept in regional analysis and policy : a critical assessment; Bjrn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin -- What qualifies as a cluster theory?; Peter Maskell and Leila Kebir -- True clusters : a severe case of conceptual headache; Anders Malmberg and Dominic Power -- In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering : agglomeration versus active clustering; Fiorenza Belussi -- Cutting through the chaos : towards a new typology of industrial districts and clusters; Ivana Paniccia -- Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters; Maryann Feldman -- Innovation learning and cluster dynamics; Bart Nooteboom -- Do clusters or innovation systems drive competitiveness?; James Simmie -- The role of clusters in knowledge creation and diffusion : an institutional perspective; David B. Audretschand, Erik Lehmann -- Do clusters think? : an institutional perspective on knowledge creation and diffusion in clusters; Michael Steiner -- Spaces of knowledge flows : clusters in a global context; Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolf -- Spatial and organizational patterns of labour markets in clusters : the case of hollywood; Allen Scott -- When is proactive cluster policy appropriate?; G.M. Peter Swan -- Putting clusters in their place; Nick Henry, Jane Pollard and Paul Benneworth
ER  -