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1. Going Multinational

   The Korean Experience of Direct Investment

   Edited by Frédérique Sachwald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   At the beginning of the 1990s, Korean firms embarked on an impressive wave of direct investment abroad. This dramatic multinationalization was considered as yet another sign of Korea's remarkable economic performance, especially as a high proportion of the foreign ventures were located in advanced...

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalisation

   Essays in Honour of Cesare Imbriani

   Edited by Piergiuseppe Morone

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation, knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
3. Local Industrial Clusters

   Existence, Emergence and Evolution

   By Thomas Brenner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   The key approach taken in this book is that all local economic clusters have something in common - specific case-studies are thus put into wider perspective in a masterly study that will be of keen interest to both economists and geographers....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe

   Edited by F. McGowan, S. Radosevic, Nick Von Tunzelman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   The latest wave of European Union expansion has brought many central and Eastern European countries into the fold. Unlike previous enlargements however, the latest new members are also undergoing radical economic reform as they reintegrate into international economy.This book reviews the changing...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia

   A Global Perspective

   By Roger Y.W. Tang, Ali M. Metwalli

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book examines recent trends towards mergers and acquisitions in Japan, Greater China and Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2004. Comparisons are made among regions and between countries of particular regions. The economic profiles and investment climates of key countries are discussed and...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Epistemic Economics and Organization

   Forms of Rationality and Governance for a Wiser Economy

   By Anna Grandori

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book proposes a new approach to economics, management and organization that should help in making economic organization ‘wise’, ‘innovative’ and ‘robust’ in an uncertain and risky world. Although the modern economy and society is ‘knowledge intensive’, Anna Grandori argues that the dominant...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Economics of Creativity

   Ideas, Firms and Markets

   Edited by Thierry Burger-Helmchen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Understanding the economic implication of creative individuals and firms is at the heart of the new economy and of related fields such as the economics of knowledge, the economics of science and innovation management. This book brings together a panel of theoretical and empirical contributions...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
8. Evolution and Design of Institutions

   By Christian Schubert, Georg Von Wangenheim

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   This book comprises nine papers approaching designed institutions and their interplay with spontaneous institutions from various angles. While the evolution of spontaneous institutions is quite well understood in economic thinking, the development of consciously designed institutions has been...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Universities, Cities and Regions

   Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation

   Edited by Roberta Capello, Agnieszka Olechnicka, Grzegorz Gorzelak

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product. Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops the ability to transform information and...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
10. Location and Competition

    Edited by Harry Garretsen, Steven Brakman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    The 'new economic geography' is one of the most significant developments to have occurred in economics in recent years. The new insights gained from this approach have been successfully applied to issues such as globalization, international integration and policy competition. Contributed to and...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge