Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness

Contents:

1. Introducing Regional Competitiveness and Development: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives
Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson

PART I REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
2. Explaining Regional Growth and Change
Michael Storper

3. Measuring and Monitoring Regional Competitiveness in the European Union
Paola Annoni and Lewis Dijkstra

4. Regional Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Evolution of Explanatory Models
Richard Harris

5. Explaining Regional Economic Performance: The Role of Competitiveness, Specialization and Capabilities
Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec

6. Economic Competitiveness and Regional Development Dynamics
Edward J. Malecki

PART II THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
7. Regional Competitiveness: Connecting an Old Concept With New Goals
Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo

8. Regional Economic Competition and Place-Based Policies
Frank Van Oort and Mark Thissen

9. The Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness
Ugo Fratesi

10. Territorial Capital, Competitiveness and Regional Development
Roberto Camagni

11. A Network Theory of Regional Competitiveness: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth
Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson

PART III REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY
12. Resilience, Networks and Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework
Joan Crespo, Ron Boschma and Pierre-Alexandre Balland

13. Competitiveness and Regional Economic Resilience
Ron Martin and Peter Sunley

14. Regional Resilience in Italy: Do Employment and Income Tell the Same Story?
Roberto Cellini, Paolo Di Caro and GianpieroTorrisi

15. Quality and Space: A Framework for Quality-Based Regional Competitiveness
Johan Jansson and Anders Waxell

PART IV COMPETITIVENESS AND EMERGING REGIONS
16. Innovation and Competitiveness in the Periphery of Europe
Andres Rodriguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie

17. Urban Land, Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Global South
Ivan Turok

18. Competitive and Uncompetitive Regions in Transition Economies: The Case of the Visegrad Post-Socialist Countries
Imre Lengyel

PART V URBAN REGIONS AND CITY COMPETITIVENESS
19. Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of 500 Cities Around The World
Pengfei Ni and Yufei Wang

20. Competition and Cooperation in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Region
Jianfa Shen

21. Measuring Urban Competitiveness In Europe
Lucia Saez and Inaki Perianez

PART VI REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES AND POLICY
22. Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments?
Christian Ketels

23. The Strategic Management of Places and Regional Competitiveness
David Audretsch, Hugo Menendez, Aileen Richardson and Apexa Mamtora

24. Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialization
Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argiles

25. Regional Competitiveness Policy in an Era of Smart Specialization Strategies
Mari Jose Aranguren, Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson

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• Geografia económica
• Crescimento econômico
• Estudos regionais

Regions; competitiveness; development; regional; economic; growth