TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmitz,Hubert
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - Local enterprises in the global economy: issues of governance and upgrading 
SN  - 9781843769743 (e-book)
AV  - HD2341 .L62 2004
U1  - 338.6/42 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Small business
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Corporate governance
KW  - Industrial location
KW  - Industrial concentration
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1843760991.xml
ER  -