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Zusatztext An excellent and informative book that explains some of the key dynamics and characteristics of the new global economy. Informationen zum Autor John H. Dunning is State of New Jersey Professor of International Business, Rutgers University, Newark, N.J., USA; and Emeritus Professor of International Business, University of Reading, UK. He is the leading international academic of his generation in international business. Klappentext This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of the world. It moves between the supra national macro region and the micro cluster, as well as looking at associated infrastructural and policy responses. Zusammenfassung This book considers the key dynamics and characteristics of the new global economy. John Dunning heads a team of leading international contributors in this follow-up to 'Governments, Globalisation, and International Business' (OUP, 1997). Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Analytical Foundations Chapter 1: Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge Economy: The issues stated Chapter 2: Globalization and Knowledge Flows: An industrial geographer's perspective Chapter 3: Knowledge, Globalization, and Regions: An economist's perspective Chapter 4: Multinational Enterprises and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging global practices Part II: Macro-Regional Integration and the Knowledge Based Economy Chapter 5: Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: Some general issues Chapter 6: The Impact of the Completion of the European Internal Market on FDI Chapter 7: Regional Integration: NAFTA and the reconfiguration of North American industry Part III: Country Case Studies Chapter 8: Foreign Direct Investment into the United States: A sub-national investigation Chapter 9: Policy Partnership in the Development of Knowledge Industries in Scotland Chapter 10: De-Regionalization, Re-Regionalization, and the Uncertain Future of European Industrial Districts: Thoughts mostly on Baden Wurttemberg in the late 1990s Chapter 11: Firms, Regions, and Strategy in a Diverging World: The Australian case Chapter 12: Innovation Systems, Networks, and the Knowledge-Based Economy in Korea Chapter 13: The Software Cluster in Bangalore Chapter 14: Singapore: Destination for multinationals Chapter 15: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy in Hong Kong Part IV: Policy Implications Chapter 16: Towards a Theory of Regional Policy Chapter 17: The Changing Nature of Foreign Investment Policy in Europe: From promotion to management Chapter 18: Silicon Valley and the Resurgence of Route 128: Systems integration and regional innovation ...
