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245	0	0	_aLocal enterprises in the global economy _h[electronic resource] : _bissues of governance and upgrading / _cedited by Hubert Schmitz.
260			_aCheltenham, U.K. ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar, _cc2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 392 p.) : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aSmall business.
650		0	_aSmall business _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aCorporate governance.
650		0	_aIndustrial location.
650		0	_aIndustrial concentration.
650		0	_aGlobalization _xEconomic aspects.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
700	1		_aSchmitz, Hubert.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z9781843760993 (hardback) _z9781845421922 (pbk.) _z1843760991
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/1843760991.xml
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