Learning from Clusters

Preface -- 1: Clustering, learning and regional development, Ron A. Boschma & Robert Kloosterman -- Part I: The 'Cluster' Model -- 2: A systematic perspective o local development, Sergio Conti -- 3: Cluster dynamics, Bart Nooteboom & Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis -- 4: Embedded local growth: a theory taken too far?, Michael Taylor -- 5: Beyond the learning region: the dialectics of innovation an culture in territorial development, Frank Moulaert & Jacques Nussbaumer -- 6: Economic development, institutions and trust, Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L.F. de Groot & Peter Nijkamp -- 7: Social capital and regional development: an empirical analysis of the Third Italy, Ron A. Boschma -- 8: Regional innovation systems, varieties of capitalism and non-local relations: challenges from the globalising economy, Bjorn T. Asheim & Sverre J. Herstad -- 9: Delirious Rotterdam: The formation of an innovative cluster of architectural firms, Robert C. Kloosterman & Eva Stegmeijer -- 10: Competitiveness in regional clusters -- The case of Oce's 'Knowledge Industry Clustering' project, Roel Rutten & Frans Boekema Part II: The Impacts of ICT and Externalities on Urban Development -- 11: Urban milieux: from theory to empirical findings, Roberto Camagni & Roberta Capello -- 12: The spatial clustering of knowledge-intensive services: computing services in the Netherlands, Anet Weterings -- 13: Dynamic information externalities and employment growth in the Netherlands, Frank G. van Oort, Daan P. van Soest & Shelby D. Gerking -- 14: New regional economics: about virtual agglomeration effects, Luc Soete -- 15: 'Old' and 'new' economy an services, Peter W. Daniels -- 16: Economic capabilities and strategic clusters: new perspectives for national and regional economic policy, Pieter P. Tordoir -- Part III: Concluding Remarks -- 17: Further learning from clusters, Robert C. Kloosterman & Ron A. Boschma About the authorsIndex.