Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms#x19; approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities.

Bruno Dallago is Professor of Economics, Head of the Faculty of Sociology and Director of the School on Local Development at the University of Trento, Italy. He was President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies and Visiting Professor at various universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and the Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. He has been a consultant to various international organizations. His research interests include comparative economics, the transforming economies of Central and East Europe, SMEs and entrepreneurship. Chiara Guglielmetti is currently Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School on Local Development of the University of Trento and holds a PhD in Law and Economics from the University of Bologna, Italy. She has been Visiting Scholar to various universities and Erasmus Mundus Research Fellow at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests include comparative and development economics, transition in Central and Eastern Europe, spatial inequality and entrepreneurship.

Introduction; B.Dallago& C.Guglielmetti
Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges; C.Guglielmetti
PART I: TERRITORIES, DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
Globalization and Local Economic Growth in South Africa, 1994 to 2004; W.Naudé,W.Krugell& M.Matthee
Local Systems of Innovation and Globalization in South Africa; M.Scerri
Transition and Transplantation in Local Development Models: the Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta; Z.Wang
Cluster Development in Hungary: Searching for a ‘Critical Mass’ of Business via Cluster Mapping; M.Szanyi, I.Iwasaki, P.Csizmadia, M.Illèsy & C.Makó
Local Government Corruption in Hungary; Z.Szántó, I.János Tóth & T.Cserpes
Cluster Identification, Firm Culture and Cooperation Activities in an European Metropolitan Region: the Case of Nuremberg; L.Eigenhüller, S.Fuchs, N.Litzel& J.Möller
Beyond Commons - New Perspectives and Role for Common Properties; A.Gretter, I.Goio& G.Gios
PART II: FIRMS, CONTEXT AND PROXIMITY
Innovation Driven Growth: Analytical Issues and Policy Implications; P.Carlo Padoan
Considering the Social Impact of for-profit Innovation at the Local Level: the Cases of Grameen Bank and Microsoft; Z.Acs,C.L.McNeely & J.Sany
The Public Interest in Local Economic Development and Creativity: a Knowledge Governance Perspective; S.Sacchetti& R.Sugden
Local and Global Sourcing: Quality Heterogeneity and Firms' Efficiency; G.Vittucci Marzetti,M.Luigia Segnana & C.Tomasi
Outsourcing and Firm Productivity: Evidence for an Italian Local Production System; D.Antonioli, M.Mazzanti, S.Montresor & P.Pini
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