1st Edition
Working Regions Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy
Part 1: Regional Innovation and the Employment Question 1. The Evolving Model of Regional Policy 2. Diverging Trends: the Delinking of the Geographies of Production and Innovation Part 2: The Industries 3. Optics and Photonics: Industrial Districts or Regional Innovation Systems 4. Medical Devices: Precision Manufacturing and Product Innovation 5. Recreational Equipment: Activewear and Outdoor Gear Design + Discriminating Markets Part 3: Production by Design 6. Reconnecting Production and Innovation: the Role of Small Firm Networks 7. Constructing Regional Resilience
Biography
Jennifer Clark is Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. She writes, consults, and speaks on the subject of national and regional development policies related to innovation and manufacturing, and the effect of those policies on cities and their economic competitiveness. Her book Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy, a collaboration with Susan Christopherson, won the Best Book Award from the Regional Studies Association in 2009 and is also published by Routledge.
