Knowledge economies

Name: Knowledge economies
Author: Philip Cooke
ISBN: 0415164095

by Philip Cooke (2001)

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"This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources. First, natural resource endowments explained the formation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century industrial districts. Today geographical concentrations of scientific and creative knowledge are the key resource. But these require a support system, ranging from major injections of basis research funding, to varieties of financial investment and management, and specialist incubators for economic value to be realized. These are also specialized forms of knowledge that contribute to a serious imbalance in the distribution of economic opportunity."--Jacket.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreKnowledge economies Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Business & Finance Knowledge management Economic development Natural resources Business incubators Evolutionary economics Modern Era

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