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Resilience and Opportunity
Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Commentary and analysis typically focused on what went wrong in the post-disaster emergency response. This forward-looking book, however, presents a more cautiously optimistic view about the region's ability to bounce back after multiple...
Beyond Territory
Dynamic Geographies of Innovation and Knowledge Creation
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities. The book brings together...
National Intellectual Capital
A Comparison of 40 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers. To date, most studies of intellectual capital have focused at the organizational level, with an emphasis on...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Despite the radical transformation of society associated with globalisation, shifting patterns of demography and the revolution in information and communication technologies over the last two decades, we remain profoundly attached to place in economic, social, cultural and emotional terms. The idea...
European Socio-Economic Integration
Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Economic integration is one of the most noteworthy issues in international economic policy at the end of the twentieth century. The recent examples of the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA) have raised important questions about the economic integration process...
Measuring National Innovation Performance
The Innovation Union Scoreboard Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
This book provides a critical re-examination of the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as the main tool used by the European Commission and other policy-making bodies to measure national innovation capacity. Given that contemporary societies and economies are to a great extent characterised by the...
Economic Integration and the Location of Industries
The Case of Less Developed East Asian Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
A comprehensive picture of the effects of economic integration on industry location in less developed East Asia - particularly in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar - who pursued trade liberalization and economic integration after the 1990s. Studies include detailed empirical analyses of regional industry locations as well as country overviews.
Managing Fragile Regions
Method and Application
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
This book gathers the work of leading scholars from several disciplines on fragile regions, especially those regions seeking to preserve, strengthen or create processes to restore or reestablish security and effective social and economic management. It tackles the multifarious issues that shape and...
by Md. Fakrul Islam
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
This book is the outcome of empirical research on the sharing of water of the Teesta River, which flows through India and Bangladesh. The main purpose is to show how regional cooperation between India and Bangladesh regarding sharing of Teesta River water can ensure optimal benefits for people living...
National Identity and Economic Interest
Taiwan's Competing Options and Their Implications for Regional Stability
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
The book covers the legal, economic, socio-political and international aspects of economic integration and the contending forces of national identity and economic interests after the economies between Taiwan and China are integrated and the trading bloc is emerging across the Taiwan Strait.
Wine and Tourism
A Strategic Segment for Sustainable Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The aim of this book is to show how wine tourism can be used as a model for sustainable economic development, driving economic growth and social development in some locations. It will explore the interaction between tourism and viticulture in wine tourism destinations, while also explaining some of...
Northeast Asia
Ripe for Integration?
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Can regional mechanisms better institutionalize the increasing complexity of economic and security ties among the countries in Northeast Asia? As the international state system undergoes dramatic changes in both security and economic relations in the wake of the end of the Cold War, the Asian financial...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This publication is a historical summary of progress made in energy cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) since the beginning of the economic cooperation program in 1992. It highlights a two-pronged and phased approach to develop the GMS power market to realize the full benefits of synchronous...
The Community Economic Development Handbook
Strategies and Tools to Revitalize Your Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2002
The step-by-step guide to turning any neighborhood around A weak local economy can be strengthened. A run-down neighborhood of boarded-up storefronts, litter-strewn sidewalks, high unemployment, and poorly-maintained housing can be transformed. An entire community can be lifted up. Mihailo (Mike)...