Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

1. Introduction: Local Economies and Global Competitiveness
Bruno Dallago, Chiara Guglielmetti

2. Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

2. Context and Proximity in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges
Chiara Guglielmetti

Part I. Territories, Development and Competitiveness

3. Globalization and Local Economic Growth in South Africa
Wim Naudé, Waldo Krugell, Marianne Matthee

4. Provincial Systems of Innovation and Globalization in South Africa
Mario Scerri

5. Institutional Approach in China’s Local Development: The Cases Studies of Jiangsu and Zhejiang
Zhikai Wang

6. Cluster Development in Hungary: Searching for a ‘Critical Mass’ of Business via Cluster Mapping
Miklós Szanyi, Ichiro Iwasaki, Péter Csizmadia, Miklós Illésy, Csaba Makó

7. Local Government Corruption in Hungary
Zoltán Szántó, István János Tóth, Tünde Cserpes

8. Cluster Identification, Firm Culture and Cooperation Activities in a European Metropolitan Region: The Case of Nuremberg
Lutz Eigenhüller, Stefan Fuchs, Nicole Litzel, Joachim Möller

9. Beyond Commons: New Perspectives and Roles for Common Properties
Alessandro Gretter, Ilaria Goio, Geremia Gios

Part II. Firms, Context and Proximity

10. Innovation Driven Growth: Analytical Issues and Policy Implications
Pier Carlo Padoan

11. The Social Impact of Innovation at the Local Level: Microsoft Corporation and Grameen Bank
Zoltan J. Acs, Connie L. McNeely, Joseph Sany

12. The Public Interest in Economic Development and Creativity: A Knowledge Governance Perspective
Silvia Sacchetti, Roger Sugden

13. Global Sourcing and Business and Social Networks: Quality Heterogeneity and Firms’ Efficiency
Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti, Maria Luigia Segnana, Chiara Tomasi

14. Does Outsourcing Increase Labour Productivity? Evidence for a Local Production System in Emilia Romagna (Italy)
Sandro Montresor, Davide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Paolo Pini

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Industrial Organization, Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth