1st Edition

The Competitiveness of Clusters in Globalized Markets Implications for Regional Development

Edited By Mario Davide Parrilli Copyright 2014
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

The debate on the competitiveness of local and regional clusters in the current globalized markets is a priority as globalization puts pressure on such production systems and forces them to find new ways of competition and sustainability. Many traditional clusters may be constrained by the growth of transnational value chains and production networks that benefit from cheap resources and workforce... Read more

1. Local and Regional Development in Global Value Chains, Production Networks and Innovation Networks: A Comparative Review and the Challenges for Future Research  2. The Resilience of Clusters in the Context of Increasing Globalization: The Basque Wind Energy Value Chain  3. Competitiveness and Technological Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Evidence from the Indonesian Electronics and Garment Sectors  4. The Competitive Position of the Basque Aeroespatial Cluster in Global Value Chains: A Historical Analysis  5. From Strategic Coupling to Recoupling and Decoupling: Restructuring Global Production Networks and Regional Evolution in China  6. The Economic Geography of the Meso-global Spaces: Integrating Multinationals and Clusters at the Local–Global Level  7. Global Production Networks and Global Innovation Networks: Stability Versus Growth

Biography

Mario Davide Parrilli is Reader of Economics and PhD Coordinator at Deusto Business School and Senior Research Fellow at Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness -. He is expert in SME and cluster development, social capital, innovation systems and global innovation networks and value chains. MDP published a large number of refereed journal articles and monographs and books with well-known publishers. He has been as guest lecturer by several universities in Finland, Norway, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico.