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05897aam a2200517 i 4500 001 15D8F7CA065511E8AD8CF06897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180131010242 008 131227s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013049406 020 $a 9781135129057 020 $a 1135129053 020 $a 0415859433 020 $a 9780415859431 035 $a (OCoLC)855190422 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HF1414 $b .G55896 2014 082 00 $a 338.9/048 $2 23 084 $a BUS072000 $a BUS020000 $a BUS072000 $2 bisacsh 245 04 $a The global competitiveness of regions / $c Robert Huggins, Hiro Izushi, Daniel Prokop and Piers Thompson. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2014. 300 $a xvi, 243 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Regions and cities ; $v 75 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-238) and index. 520 $a "The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional competitiveness within the context of regional economic development theory; second, to present a rationale and method for quantifying the global competitiveness of regions; and, third, to undertake the most geographically widespread analysis of regional competitiveness differences across the globe. 520 $a With regard to the third goal, the analysis incorporates more than 500 regions across Europe, North and South America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the so-called BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.The importance of the concept of competitiveness has increased rapidly in recent years, with the issues surrounding it becoming, at the same time, more empirically refined and theoretically complex. The focus on regions reflects the growing consensus that they are the primary spatial units that compete to attract investment, and it is at the regional level that knowledge is circulated and transferred, resulting in agglomerations, or clusters, of industrial and service sector enterprises. 520 $a This growing acknowledgement of the region's role as a key spatial unit of organisation has led to attention turning to competitiveness at a more regional level.The book explores the results of the World Competitiveness Index of Regions (WCIR), covering the rankings and results of the 2014 edition. The WCIR provides a tool for analysing the development of a range of regional economies across the globe. It enables an illustration of the changing patterns of regional competitiveness on the international stage to be generated. In fundamental terms, the WCIR aims to produce an integrated and overall benchmark of the knowledge capacity, capability, and sustainability of each region, and the extent to which this knowledge is translated into economic value and transferred into the wealth of the citizens of each region"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional competitiveness within the context of regional economic development theory; second, to present a rationale and method for quantifying the global competitiveness of regions; and, third, to undertake the most geographically widespread analysis of regional competitiveness differences across the globe. With regard to the third goal, the analysis incorporates more than 500 regions across Europe, North and South America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the so-called BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The importance of the concept of competitiveness has increased rapidly in recent years, with the issues surrounding it becoming, at the same time, more empirically refined and theoretically complex. The focus on regions reflects the growing consensus that they are the primary spatial units that compete to attract investment, and it is at the regional level that knowledge is circulated and transferred, resulting in agglomerations, or clusters, of industrial and service sector enterprises. This growing acknowledgement of the region's role as a key spatial unit of organisation has led to attention turning to competitiveness at a more regional level"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Competition, International. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029339 650 0 $a Regional planning. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112367 650 0 $a Sustainable development. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92005743 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Competition, International. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00871509 650 7 $a Regional planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093120 650 7 $a Sustainable development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01139731 650 7 $a Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung. $0 (DE-588)4076601-9 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Verwaltungsregion. $0 (DE-588)4188140-0 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Internationale WettbewerbsfaÌhigkeit. $0 (DE-588)4027386-6 $2 gnd 700 1 $a Huggins, Robert. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb91551272 830 0 $a Regions and cities ; $v 75. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006004585 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020023513.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=15D8F7CA065511E8AD8CF06897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search