Knowledge, Industry and Environment : Institutions and Innovation in Territorial Perspective (Paperback)

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