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Although competitiveness is typically associated with firms, they are not the only organizational body whose performance is dependent upon competitiveness. This poignant insightful book focuses on how the varied economic performance of cities and regions, both within nations as well as across nations, during the era of the Great Recession also highlights the need for competitiveness.Competitive cities and regions enjoy a superior economic performance, while their less competitive counterparts experience poorer economic growth and increasing unemployment.Using leading frameworks, this study provides applications and case studies about what shapes the competitiveness of places in an international context. Specific policies that enhance local competitiveness are identified and analyzed.Scholars of regional economics, urban economics, urban planning and public policy as well as policymakers will find plenty of invaluable information in this invigorating book.Contributors include: T. Andersson, R.D. Atkinson, D.B. Audretsch, S.M. Breznitz, D.P. Leyden, A.N. Link, G.A. McDermott, N. Ram, S. Shivakumar, D.S. Siegel, M.L. Walshok, C.W. Wessner, D.A. Wolfe
Edited by David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, US and the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria and Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Programs, Dean, University Extension and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, US
Contents:1. Creating Competitiveness: Introduction and OverviewDavid B. Audretsch and Mary Lindenstein Walshok2. Civic Governance, Social Learning and the Strategic Management of City-RegionsDavid A. Wolfe3. Innovation in Cities and Innovation by CitiesRobert D. Atkinson4. The Strategic Recombination of Regional Innovative Capacities: Public–Private Institutions as Knowledge BridgesGerald A. McDermott5. Enhancing Economic Growth? University Technology CommercializationShiri M. Breznitz and Neela Ram6. Academic Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned for University Administrators and PolicymakersDonald S. Siegel7. Driving Regional Growth: The Growing Role of Policies to Promote ClustersCharles W. Wessner and Sujai Shivakumar8. Evolving Technologies and Emerging Regions: Governance for Growth and ProsperityThomas Andersson9. Collective Entrepreneurship: The Strategic Management of Research Triangle ParkDennis P. Leyden and Albert N. Link10. The Invention of San Diego’s Innovation EconomyMary Lindenstein Walshok and Abraham J. ShraggeIndex
’An impressive body of original and seminal academic scholarship, Creating Competitiveness is very strongly recommended for professional and academic library economic studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.’