1st Edition
Dynamics of Economic Spaces in the Global Knowledge-based Economy Theory and East Asian Cases
1. Introduction 2. Dynamics of Economic Spaces: A Theoretical Framework 3. Integral Model of Service Innovation 4. Path Dependence, Regional Resilience, and the Evolution of Regional Economy 5. Global Megatrends and Spatial Economic Inequality in East Asia 6. Interaction between Corporate and Urban Systems for the Accumulation of Intangible Assets 7. Evolution of Industrial Cluster and Policy: The Case of Gumi City, Korea 8. Restructuring, Innovation, and Global Networks of Samsung 9. Future Perspectives for the Dynamics of East Asian Economic Spaces and Policy Implications
Biography
Sam Ock Park is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, Seoul National University and Chair Professor, Department of Public Administration, Gachon University, South Korea.
"The publication of this book is very timely and it covers a series of important areas concerning conceptual development and empirical contributions. It takes a broad view of the development of the knowledge economy and connects this, to a set of what the author calls megatrends, and how they are forming new economic spaces...For scholars and students interested in how East Asia will handle future developments in relation to the knowledge economy and sustainability, this is a book that deserves being read!"
Patrik Stro¨m, University of Gothenburg, Journal of Economic Geography‘[This] book is logically organized and well written. Park’s treatment of the topic is comprehensive, and in developing his ideas, Park explores and incorporates a wide variety of key concepts from the field of urban and regional development, including (but by no means limited to) agglomeration economies, path dependence, regional resilience, industrial restructuring, local buzz, global pipelines, industrial clusters, tangible and intangible assets, absorptive capacity, knowledge spillovers, and tacit and codified knowledge. […] Park’s ability to synthesize [these ideas] so as to enhance our understanding of the forces shaping both the global and the Korean economy makes this volume both a valuable and worthwhile read.’ — Neil Reid (2016) ‘A review of Dynamics of Economic Spaces in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy: Theory and East Asian Cases By Sam Ock Park’, Economic Geography, 92:4, 460-461, DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2016.1156486
