'The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational
enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multinationals and …

In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of 'path
dependence'and 'lock-in'as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their …

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policies were shaped by “best practice models” derived from high-tech areas and well …

Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in local industrial agglomeration and
specialization, not only by economic geographers but also by economists and by policy …

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed
an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The …

The United States is currently undergoing a dramatic economic transformation, shifting from
an economy based on physical inputs to one based on intellectual inputs, or human …

Like the Greeks who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, the new Argonauts--
foreign-born, technically skilled entrepreneurs who travel back and forth between Silicon …

Following last decade's programmatic papers on Evolutionary Economic Geography, we
report on recent empirical advances and how this empirical work can be positioned vis-à-vis …

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in its Place'PART I: THEORIZING THE STATE 1. The Development of the Strategic …

Attention to global and world cities has directed the field of urban studies to the significance
of international and transnational processes in shaping city economies. This article …