Knowledge Economies: Clusters, Learning and Cooperative Advantage (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy) [Hardcover]

Philip Cooke (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415164095 | ISBN-13: 978-0415164092 | Publication Date: November 21, 2001 | Edition: 1

This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples, who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources. Initially, natural resource endowments explained the formation of nineteenth and early twentieth-century industrial districts. Today, geographical concentrations of scientific and creative knowledge are the key resource. But these require a support system, ranging from major injections of basic research funding, to varieties of financial investment and management, tothe provision of specialist incubators, for economic value to be realised. These are also specialised forms of knowledge that contribute to a serious imbalance in the distribution of economic opportunity.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The theoretical explanation for clusters is traced back to the work of classical economics and its modern disciples, who saw economic development as a process involving imbalances in the exploitation of resources.
–Business Horizons Sept-Oct 2002

This book is a scholarly and readable guide for these leaders and for those who advise them..
–Edward J. Malecki, Dept. of Geography and center for Urban and regional analysis, 2002

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415164095
• ISBN-13: 978-0415164092
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,222,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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