Geographically Embedded World Economic Hubs

This book develops the concept and theory of geographically embedded worldeconomic hubs through a comparative analysis of developmental strengths of the four major bay areas in the world - the San Francisco Bay Area, the New York BayArea, the Tokyo Bay Area, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The book discusses the outstanding socioeconomic features of theseregions from the perspectives of sci-tech innovation, government-enterpriserelations, talent cultivation, and financial market development and examinesthe embeddedness of innovation factors and resources in these four major bayareas. Such embeddedness emerges from the three open systems of science, education, and talent; enterprise; and finance. The book draws policy implications for citiesand regions that seek value-added growth and transformation.