The Associational Economy: Firms, Regions, and Innovation [Paperback]

Philip Cooke (Author), Kevin Morgan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2000

Cooke and Morgan explore important issues of corporate reorganization in the context of heightened global competition, focusing upon how firms associate with regional milieu. In-depth studies of inter-firm and firm-agency interactions are presented for four European regions: Baden-Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna as accomplished regional economies; Wales and the Basque Country as learning regions. The book is theoretically informed by an evolutionary economics perspective and draws policy conclusions which emphasize the importance of decentralized industrial policy in support of both corporate and regional economic development ambitions. It concludes that the associational economy may be the third way between state and market coordination of modern economies.

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"It is an impressive and informative volume that should be read widely as the definitive work on the contemporary state of European industrial regions."--Enterprise and Society

About the Author

Philip Cooke is editor of the journal European Planning Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198296592
• ISBN-13: 978-0198296591
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,453,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Associational Economics, August 27, 2007

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Associational economics is something that reshapes the studies of regional sciences. Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan, both professors of the University of Whales, explore how social capital can make a difference in the development strategies of regions and countries. This debate is very interesting for the developing countries. As a Brazilian professor, I'm very interesting in such matters. Since the end of the military regime we have been searching for a new model for development policies. Neoliberalism failed and there is no turning back to the substitution of imports model. This book offers a diversity of policies that can be empirically experimented.