This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and...

This timely and much-needed Handbook reconsiders an old topic from a fresh perspective, raising a number of new, interesting and worthwhile issues in the wake of ten years of globalization. This comprehensive analysis illustrates that old-style industrial policies whereby the government directly...

"This book explores the global, regional, and local understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing micro and small social enterprises in different contexts, particularly as government interests in these organization's contribution to public services delivery has increased and taken on...

Im Zentrum des Hans Jobst Pleitner gewidmeten Bandes stehen die Klein- und Mittelunternehmen. Über fünfzig Beiträge von Kollegen, Partnern in weltweiten Netzwerken und ehemaligen Doktoranden fügen sich zu einem eigentlichen "State-of-the Art"-Werk für den Bereich der KMU zusammen. -- Im...