This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. An excellent empirically-based study, it is a must read for those in the areas of technology and society, science policy and economic geography.
Illustrated by data and 'stylized' accounts, international contributors chart the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work, criticizing accepted theories and informing how places can cope in the knowledge economy.
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.