Local enterprises in the global economy [electronic resource] : issues of governance and upgrading / edited by Hubert Schmitz.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004Description: 1 online resource (xii, 392 p.) : illISBN: 9781843769743 (e-book)Subject(s): Small business | Small business -- Technological innovations | Corporate governance | Industrial location | Industrial concentration | Globalization -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338.6/42 LOC classification: HD2341 | .L62 2004Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Globalized localities : introduction -- 2. Regions in the "world economic triangle" -- 3. Making sense of global standards -- 4. Governance in global value chains -- 5. The underground revolution in the Sinos Valley : a comparison of upgrading in global and national value chains -- 6. How globalization affects Italian industrial districts : the case of Brenta -- 7. Upgrading in the tile industry of Italy, Spain and brazil : insights from cluster and value chain analysis -- 8. Local upgrading strategies in response to global challenges : the surgical instrument cluster of Tuttlingen, Germany -- 9. Clustering and upgrading in global value chains : the Taiwanese personal computer industry -- 10. Global quality standards and technological upgrading in the Brazilian auto-components industry -- 11. The effect of global standards on local producers : a Pakistani case study -- 12. Paradoxes and ironies of locational policy in the new global economy -- 13. Chain governance and upgrading : taking stock.
This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and insights for researchers and policymakers alike.
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