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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... 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 to ...
... film and television industry: foreign film production by province. Tables. 4.1 Rochester photonics survey: top industries for photonics SMEs 4.2 Production occupations, location quotients for employment and the Rochester MSA, 2000 wages ...
... Film, Television, and Commercial Initiative, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Industry Studies Program of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. We also thank the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University as well as the ...
... film and television industry. These industries maintain a knowledge base in specific regions – optics and imaging in Rochester, New York and film and Introduction.
... film and television in Los Angeles, California. Both of these industries have strong networks of small and medium-sized firms. They also have major transnational firms (TNCs) that dominate global distribution markets. In each case, and ...
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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