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Economic activities are becoming increasingly globalised. One result being that for companies in developed market economies price-based competition is being replaced or supplemented by other forms of competitiveness. This book explores the shift towards design-based competitiveness and the escalation in the design-intensity of goods and services.
Critically reviewing major factors that disrupt local and regional development, Mustafa Dinc provides a transparent interpretation of the circular and cumulative relationship between these disruptions and development, highlighting ways to help interrupt this cycle. The book emphasizes the role and responsibility of individuals in the development process by exploring a humanist approach to local and regional development.
This Research Agenda provides both a state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across the globe explore key areas for reading city-regions, including: trade, services and people, regional differentiation, big data, global production networks, governance and policy, and regional development. The book focuses on developing a more integrated and systematic approach to reading city-regions as part of regeneration economics, identifying conceptual and methodological developments in this field of study.
The subdiscipline of economic geography has a long and varied history, and recent work has pushed the field to diversify even further. This collection takes this agenda forward by showcasing inspiring, critical and plural perspectives for contemporary economic geographies. Highlighting the contributions of global scholars, the thirty chapters showcase fresh ways of approaching economic geography in research, teaching and praxis. With sections on thought leaders, contemporary critical debates and future research agendas, this collection calls for greater openness and inclusivity.
Development of building construction of housing in Indonesia.
L'americanite du Quebec est devenue un objet de recherche determinant puisqu'elle cherche a saisir les transformations et l'evolution des valeurs, des perceptions et de l'imaginaire des Quebecois a travers les influences d'un voisin plus qu'imposant, a savoir les Etats-Unis. L'objectif de cet ouvrage s'inscrit autour de ce constat, mais aussi autour d'un defi: celui de se penser d'abord comme Nord-Americain puis comme francophone et non pas comme le berceau d'une Amerique francaise Les Quebecois ne sont pas non plus des Francais d'Amerique, ni des Canadiens Francais. En ce debut de XXe siecle, ils ont assume pleinement leur americanite sur le plan economique et politique autant que culturel....