Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development: Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies

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ISBN: 9780415154284 | 0415154286
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/18/1998

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This book points the way out of a dilemma created by recent industrial theory and policy: is it possible for countries which are not destined to be leading high-tech powers to take advantage of the current trend for increasingly open markets?

List of figures

viii

(1)

List of tables and cases

(1)

About the authors

(1)

Foreword

(4)

Michael Storper

Preface

1 Regional specialisation and localised learning -- An introduction

(16)

Points of departure and agenda

(3)

Firms and competencies

(2)

Industry and industrial systems

(3)

Agglomeration, local milieu and localised capabilities

(1)

Regions and countries

(2)

Competitiveness and prosperity

(2)

Outline of the book

(3)

PART I Ubiquitification, knowledge and localised capabilities

(56)

2 Sustainable patterns of specialisation in a globalised economy

(10)

Internationalisation, `ubiquitification' and the knowledge-based economy

(5)

Convergence and stable patterns of regional and national specialisation

(4)

Conclusion: ubiquitification and specialisation

(1)

3 Firm competitiveness through knowledge creation

(21)

Knowledge creation

(5)

Tacit and codified forms of knowledge

(6)

Codification as a second process of ubiquitification

(2)

Protection of knowledge

(2)

Enhanced use and creation of knowledge through trustful relations

(4)

Conclusion: towards an understanding of interactive learning in localised industrial systems

(2)

4 Localised capabilities and the competitiveness of regions and countries

(23)

The interaction between territory and economic development

(3)

The main elements of localised capabilities

(3)

The creation of localised capabilities

(2)

Agglomeration and learning

(6)

Territorial life-cycles

(5)

Conclusion: knowledge creation and localised capabilities

(4)

PART II Small countries, localised learning and lack of learning: the cases of furniture, fish and phones

(104)

5 Small nations: how to sustain prosperity in open, low-tech economies

(23)

Small versus large economies -- a question of openness

(5)

High-tech and low-tech trajectories

(4)

Six reasons for a small country to stay low-tech

(5)

Low-tech competitiveness in high-cost countries?

(3)

Shared trust: an alternative route to smooth knowledge exchange

(5)

Conclusion: shared trust and localised learning as a competitive advantage of small countries

(1)

6 Comfort and competitiveness: the wooden furniture industry

(22)

Furniture industry: structure and change

(6)

From ubiquitous resources to unique products: the case of Denmark

105

(7)

In the shadow of the dominant cluster: the case of Finland

112

(6)

Conclusion: proximity and competitiveness in the furniture industry

118

(2)

7 Natural resources and the institutional endowment: the fishing industry

120

(31)

Setting the scene; or how to exercise property rights on self-propelled property

121

(3)

The seafood value chain

124

(6)

The geography of supply and demand in the fishing industry

130

(4)

Protecting both fish stocks and fishing communities: the case of Norway

134

(6)

Liberalisation in order to regain competitiveness: the case of Iceland

140

(6)

Conclusion: learning and innovation in the fishing industry

146

(5)

8 Footloose communications: the mobile phone industry

151

(26)

The restructuring of telecommunications

151

(3)

The global framework and what telephony is all about

154

(3)

Telecommunication in the Nordic countries: regulations and market structures

157

(2)

The route to excellence in mobile telephony: actors, interactions and institutions

159

(9)

Preconditions for success

168

(6)

Conclusion: is there high-tech potential in small countries after all?

174

(3)

PART III Conclusions and policy implications

177

(18)

9 Towards a learning-based industrial and regional policy

179

(16)

Human action, spatial context and economic development

180

(2)

Economic clustering, positive external effects and spatial agglomeration

182

(2)

Summing up the main argument: ten conclusions

184

(1)

The learning perspective and public policy

185

(5)

Fields open for public intervention

190

(3)

Final words

193

(2)

Notes

195

(20)

References

215

(31)

Author index

246

(5)

Subject index

251

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Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development: Specialization and Prosperity in Small Open Economies

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