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  • Governance, Institutional Change and Regional Development

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000: This volume addresses the prominent role given to institution-building, institutional change and governance in the regional development strategies and policies. The establishment of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, and the arrival of regional development agencies in England highlighted the need to put the initiatives into some ... Read more

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  • Regional Development Agencies in Europe

    Series series Regions and Cities
    In the past decade Europe has seen much change, and at the same time the importance of the regional perspectives has significantly increased. Regional Development Agencies in Europe brings together experiences of Regional and Development Agencies throughout Europe to provide material for the first major comparative study of bottom-up regional policy across the continent. Using an analytical ... Read more

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  • Employability and Local Labour Markets

    Series series Urban Studies Monographs
    The concept of employability has provided a foundation for much current labour market policy. It has also provided a useful framework for analyzing national and urban labour markets and related policies in a variety of different circumstances both for those in and out of work.The papers in this book help progress the concept of employability, demonstrating the importance of the geographic and ... Read more

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  • Small Firm Formation and Regional Economic Development

    by Mike Danson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
    Drawing on studies and expertise from around the world, this book describes the transition from research to policy and covers the pre-requisites to successful new firm formation policies. At a time when a new firm formation is promoted by central and local government, business development agencies and the private sector, this book questions the economic dependence on small firms and explores the ... Read more

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  • Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation?

    Networking, Knowledge and Regional Policies

    Series series Regions and Cities
    Across Europe, regional development agencies (RDAs) have become a central feature of regional policy, both as innovative policy-makers and as the implementers of programmes and initiatives originating from the national or European level. By drawing on a combination of conceptual reflection, surveys, comparative research, and systematic use of critical case studies, this book provides a new point ... Read more

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    Series series Regions and Cities
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  • Spatial Planning and High-tech Development

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    by Wei-Ju Huang ...
    n the past three decades, numerous high-tech city-regions have emerged with the rise of new high-tech industries across the world. Many of them have been specifically supported by national technology policies—in developed or developing countries—implemented to trigger economic growth and to enhance global competitiveness at the national and/or city-regional level. These policies have involved the ... Read more

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  • The Fish Rots From The Head

    The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director

    by Bob Garratt ...
    As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boardroom. This third edition of Bob Garratt's bestselling book that highlights the importance of effective corporate governance has been extensively updated following the corporate scandals of the early 2000s - Enron, WorldCom, Tyco - and the abysmal ... Read more

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    by David Farnham ...
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  • Global Creative Industries

    by Terry Flew ...
    Series series Global Media and Communication
    The creative industries are the subject of growing attention among policy-makers, academics, activists, artists and development specialists worldwide. This engaging book provides a global overview of developments in the creative industries, and analyses how these developments relate to wider debates about globalization, cities, culture and the global creative economy.Flew considers creative ... Read more

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  • Developments in the Call Centre Industry

    Analysis, Changes and Challenges

    Edited by Julia Connell, John Burgess ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
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  • Rural Development Theory and Practice

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    Rural development is inherently viewed as a positive thing; it is seen as something that brings together groups of individuals with automatic positive implications and outcomes. Policy rhetoric frequently uses popular terms such as involvement, participation and power sharing to describe rural development activities. However, the reality of experience on the ground does not necessarily concur with ... Read more

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