Learning from Clusters A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geogra
Jan Lambooy retired in October 2002. When Jan was asked how he wanted to celebrate this occasion, he was adamant that no great festivities should take place. Characteristically, Jan wanted just a scientific conference so he “could learn something from it”
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Learning from Clusters A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective
Edited by
RON A. BOSCHMA Department of Economic Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
and
ROBERT C. KLOOSTERMAN Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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CONTENTS Preface
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Chapter 1 Ron A. Boschma & Robert Kloosterman Clustering, learning and regional development ..................................................................................... 1
Part I The ‘cluster’ model Chapter 2 Sergio Conti A systematic perspective on local development
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Chapter 3 Bart Nooteboom & Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis Cluster dynamics ..................................................................................................................................................... 51 Chapter 4 Michael Taylor Embedded local growth: a theory taken too far?.............................................................................. 69 Chapter 5 Frank Moulaert & Jacques Nussbaumer Beyond the learning region: the dialectics of innovation and culture in territorial development ........................................................................................................................................ 89 Chapter 6 Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L.F. de Groot & Peter Nijkamp Economic development, institutions and trust ................................................................................. 111 Chapter 7 Ron A. Boschma Social capital and regional development: an empirical analysis of the Third Italy 139
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Chapter 8 Bjørn T. Asheim &
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