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This title was first published in 2002. Bringing together a wide range of theoretical and empirical case studies from Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Turkey, China, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, South Africa, Japan, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this book addresses these neglected issues, in particular, contemplating the vitally important nexus between industry, environment and the knowledge economy.Throughout the book, four key themes and issues are explored: institution building strategies; agglomeration as territorial context; sustainable industrial-environmental processes and policy initiatives; globalization, learning and industrial location dynamics. The book concludes with an outline of future research directions within the paradigm.
Contents
1: Introduction to Knowledge, Industry and Environment; 2: Industrialization, Techno-economic Paradigms and the Environment; 3: Paths of Sustainable Industrialization in the Knowledge-Based Economy; 4: Building up Competence, Institutions and Networks: A Perspective on 'Catch-up' in the Knowledge Economy; 5: Global-local Networking of PC Manufacturing in Dongguan, China; 6: Development of the Internet in China and Its Spatial Characteristics; 7: Characteristics and Development of Industrial Districts: The Case of Software Clusters in Seoul, South Korea; 8: Qualified Labour Migration and Regional Knowledge Economies; 9: Improving Embedded Knowledge in Old Industrial Districts: Case Studies, from Valencia, Spain; 10: The Internalization of Knowledge in Manufacturing Value Added: The Geography of Ericsson's Mobile Systems, and the China Connection; 11: Environmental Knowledge, the Power of Framing and Industrial Change; 12: Environmental Service-providers, Knowledge Transfer, and the Greening of Industry; 13: Competitive and Green? Determinants of Successful Environmental Management in the Manufacturing Sector; 14: Globalization of the New Zealand Forestry Industry: The New Impact of Japanese Linkages; 15: Cultural Embeddedness, Corporate Strategy and Foreign Investment in Poland: A Tale of Two Firms; 16: Paths of Industrial Transformation in Poland and the Role of Knowledge-based Industries; 17: Knowledge-based Regions in the Global Periphery: The Case of South Africa; 18: The Sustainable Renovation of the Industrial Complex in Inner Tokyo: The Case of the Japanese Machinery Industry; 19: Globalization and the Reorganization of a Metropolitan Knowledge System: The Case of Research and Development in Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, Germany; 20: Enhancing Competencies, Networking and Institutions for the Knowledge Economy: Singapore's Garment Industry; 21: Conclusion: Institutions and Innovation in Territorial Perspective
