The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy

Abstract

Part 1. Regions as Relations and Conventions. The Resurgence of Regional Economies, Ten Years Later. Regional Economies as Relational Assets. Part 2. Evolution and Territorial Development. The Evolution of Regional Specificities. Crossing Industrial Divides in a Region. Part 3. Products, Technologies, and Territories. Innovation as Collective Action: Conventions, Products, Technologies, and Territories. Regional Worlds of Production: Conventions of Learning and Innovation in the Technology Districts of France, Italy, and the United States. Part 4. Globalization and Territorial Specificity. Territories, Flows, and Hierarchies in the Clobal Economy. he Limits to Globalization: Technology Districts and International Trade. The World of the City: Local Relations in a Global Economy. Part 5. Regional Institutions, Territorial Orders. Institutions of the Learning Economy. Conclusion: Technology, Firm Strategies, and Territorial Order.