Economic geography

Originally published in 1992 and based on two theoretical approaches: the Global Commodity Chain and the Global Production Network, this book investigates the multitude of processes, as well as diverse consequences of global integration upon industries, regions, enterprises and employees.

This book explores the impact of finance on urban spaces as well as cities' role in the social constitution and dissemination of financial logistics and techniques.

This book explores the impact of finance on urban spaces as well as cities' role in the social constitution and dissemination of financial logistics and techniques.

Originally published in 1964 and revised in 1971.

The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy.

Originally published in 1964 and revised in 1971.

The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the dynamics underpinning the successful performance of local innovation systems (LIS), that is, spatial concentration of innovation activities in specific geographical areas, characterized by the synergetic co-localization of research centers, innovation-driven enterprises, large corporations and capital providers.

This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the dynamics underpinning the successful performance of local innovation systems (LIS), that is, spatial concentration of innovation activities in specific geographical areas, characterized by the synergetic co-localization of research centers, innovation-driven enterprises, large corporations and capital providers.

This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present.

In common with most other advanced capitalist economies of the Global North, the UK has experienced a decline in the manufacturing industry and an increase in the service sector in recent decades.

In recent years there has been increased focus on understanding the dynamic relationships among entrepreneurship, policymaking and economic growth.

Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America.

Handbook of Industrial Organization Volume 4 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters.

Handbook of International Economics, Sixth Edition provides a definitive reference for researchers and advanced graduate students.

This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can promote both equity and efficiency in India's development discourse.

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Who really benefits from a cashless society?

Financial journalist Riva Froymovich has good reason to be anxious about the financial turmoil facing Generation Y.

Why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woesAdair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation.

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness.

Why the dollar is-and will remain-the dominant global currencyThe U.

A Nobel Prizewinning economist makes a new argument about the real roots of prosperityand why they are under threat todayIn this book, Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps draws on a lifetime of thinking to make a sweeping new argument about what makes nations prosperand why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today.

Much popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape.

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less.

Purpose and a Paycheck tells the compelling story of how a growing movement of older entrepreneurs and part-time workers are creating a stronger and more vibrant economy.

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water, and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future.

In recent years, investors have learned the hard truth that in the international economy, politics often matters at least as much as economic fundamentals for the performance of global markets.

This book examines patterns of economic governance in three specific, contrasting, contexts: machinery-producing districts; declining steel cities; and clusters of high-technology activities.

This book provides a critical account, a state-of-the-art review, as well as novel research methods of information technology development and the corresponding changes of socio-economic spatial organization in China.

A comprehensive guide to understanding today''s global economy from the author of the bestselling A Beginner''s Guide to the World Economy.

It has long been recognized that advances in science contribute to economic growth.

A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

A decisive intervention in the "war" between generations, asking who stands to gain from conflict between baby boomers and millennials Millennials have been incited to regard their parents’ generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby boomers of the Sixties for the cultural and economic problems of today.

This edited collection examines the evolution of regional inequality in Latin America in the long run.

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the world's oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.

This title offers a profound exploration of one of the world's oldest civilizations and its pivotal role in shaping global history and modern international relations.

Economic Development of Communist China: An Appraisal of the First Five Years of Industrialization analyzes the rapid economic transformation in China between 1952 and 1957 under the First Five-Year Plan.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.

An expert helps readers understand what the big economic picture means for their money, and how to respond.

This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia.

Drawing from the detailed case studies of India and five ASEAN countries, this volume establishes the complementary role of innovation system and trade regime in promoting production and use of ICT and draws lessons for other developing countries that adopted a liberal trade regime to catch up with the ICT revolution.

By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.

This volume discusses the latest techniques and their economic applications for modern industries like computer, pharmaceutical, banking and other manufacturing.

Techno-regions have generated most of the new jobs in the past decade and this technology is driving economic development; however, problems persist.

The book describes the context within which the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has been established, the basic mechanisms of the policy for the main sectors of agricultural production and their adaptation over time in line with changes in the broader world economy; the changes in Eastern Europe, the problems of developing countries and the GATT-WTO Agreement in particular.

People move, individually and collectively, for a combination of economic, social, political and cultural reasons.

Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century?