Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge EconomySince the early 1980s, the region has been central to thinking about the emerging character of the global economy. In fields as diverse as business management, industrial relations, economic geography, sociology, and planning, the regional scale has emerged as an organizing concept for interpretations of economic change. This book is both a critique of the "new regionalism" and a return to the "regional question," including all of its concerns with equity and uneven development. It will challenge researchers and students to consider the region as a central scale of action in the global economy. At the core of the book are case studies of two industries that rely on skilled, innovative, and flexible workers - the optics and imaging industry and the film and television industry. Combined with this is a discussion of the regions that constitute their production centers. The authors’ intensive research on photonics and entertainment media firms, both large and small, leads them to question some basic assumptions behind the new regionalism and to develop an alternative framework for understanding regional economic development policy. Finally, there is a re-examination of what the regional question means for the concept of the learning region. This book draws on the rich contemporary literature on the region but also addresses theoretical questions that preceded "the new regionalism." It will contribute to teaching and research in a range of social science disciplines. |
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... and the film and television industry. Combined with this is a discussion of the regions that constitute their production centers. The authors' intensive research on photonics and entertainment media firms, both large and small, led them ...
... and the practice of economic development in the state. We were both profoundly influenced by the Minnesota approach to governance and civic involvement, and the ways in which it encourages the kinds of investment in education, the ...
... and the production of this book in all its various stages of development. A special acknowledgment is due to the series editors: David Angel, Adam Tickell, and Amy Glasmeier. We especially thank the participants in our case studies. In ...
... and the space economy have continued in the work of Massey, Harvey, and others. In addition, valuable work has been done on intra-regional fragmentation and its corrosive consequences for the citizens of metropolitan regions (Dreier et ...
... and the presence of knowledge asymmetries are depicted as inadequacies within the small firms network rather than symptoms of power differentials among large and small firms. From our perspective, these failures suggest the need for an ...
Contents
Labor markets and the regional project | |
The evolution of the optics and imaging industry | |
media concentration and spatial competition | |
why regional innovation systems produce | |
The learning region disconnect | |
considering scale and combining investment | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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