Multimedia and Regional Economic Restructuring
Multimedia and Regional Economic Restructuring

Author: Hans-Joachim Braczyk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1134639767

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Since the explosion of multimedia, the creation and promotion of multimedia clusters has become a target for regional development strategies across the globe. This work offers the first inter-regional comparison of the multimedia industry. Analysing thirteen American, European and Asian regions, leading academics examine factors which drive the emergence of multimedia clusters and processes by which they are formed,

Handbook of New Media
Handbook of New Media

Author: Leah A Lievrouw

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006-01-17

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781412918732

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this Student Edition of the successful Handbook of New Media has been abridged to showcase the best of the hardback edition. This Handbook sets out boundaries of new media research and scholarship and provides a definitive statement of the current state-of-the-art of the field. Covering major problem areas of research, the Handbook of New Media includes an introductory essay by the editors and a concluding essay by Ron Rice. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned scholar, provides a review of the most significant social research findings and insights.

Handbook on the Economics of the Media
Handbook on the Economics of the Media

Author: Robert G Picard

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-02-27

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0857938894

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Media industries and services present a complex set of challenges to economic analysis: challenges made more difficult by the technological changes that have been transforming the media sector. Research on the economics of media has made major advances

The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy
The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy

Author: Zoltan J. Acs

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 3540248234

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Knowledge has in recent years become a key driver for growth of regions and nations. This volume empirically investigates the emergence of the knowledge economy in the late 20th century from a regional point of view. It first deals with the theoretical background for understanding the knowledge economy, with knowledge spillovers and development externalities. It then examines aspects of the relationship between knowledge inputs and innovative outputs in the information, computer and telecommunications sector (ICT) of the economy at the regional level. Case studies focusing on a wide variety of sectors, countries and regions finally illustrate important regional innovation issues.

Media Clusters
Media Clusters

Author: Charlie Karlsson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0857932691

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This impressive new book uniquely focuses on the phenomenon of media clusters and is designed to inform policymakers, scholars, and media practitioners about the underlying challenges of media firm agglomerations, their potential, and their effects. Including an array of distinguished contributors, this book explores the rationale and purpose of media clusters, how they compare with clusters in other industries, and the significant differences in characteristics, development processes and drivers among various media clusters worldwide. It incorporates perspectives from economic geography and economics, public development and industrial policy, organizational studies, entrepreneurship, as well as cultural and media studies, to provide a comprehensive view that provides critical insight into these clusters.

Innovative Clusters Drivers of National Innovation Systems
Innovative Clusters Drivers of National Innovation Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2001-06-11

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9264193383

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Policies to stimulate innovation at national and local levels must both build on and contribute to the dynamics of innovative clusters. This book presents a series of papers written by policy makers and academic experts in the field, that demonstrate why and how this can be done.

Restructuring Industry and Territory
Restructuring Industry and Territory

Author: Anna Giunta

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 113603904X

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Examining the current trends in regional economic development in Europe, Restructuring Industry and Territory explores ways in which the restructuring of industry and territorial development relate to each other, their emergent interdependency and role in economic development. The book argues that the structural and cultural features of regions play an important part in helping or hindering concerted policies for regional development. Using case studies from different industries in a variety of regions, the contributors show that the pressures for restructuring, such as internationalisation or even 'globalisation', have been mediated by formerly nationally rooted industries in Europe becoming increasingly integrated, due to the ongoing processes of technological and organisational innovation, and political regulation.

Globalization
Globalization

Author: Eleonore Kofman

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-03-20

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0826454739

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Globalization, 3rd edition
Globalization, 3rd edition

Author: Eleonore Kofman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-04-28

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1441165584

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This fully revised and updated textbook focuses on the major topics of globalization today. These include the impact of migration, relations between the northern and southern hemispheres, how gender and power plays into the globalization process, and the politics and economics of freedom of movement in the world. Two new chapters on the impact of technology on global communications and the effect of the emerging economies of India and China bring the book fully up to date. Further current issues such as the debate concerning environmental security, natural disasters, the broad spectrum between women's empowering impact in the marketplace and the continued exploitation of women in the sex and service trade are also examined. Eleanor Kofman and Gillian Youngs have edited an excellent and comprehensive collection essential for both undergraduate and graduate students trying to gain an understanding of theories and practices driving globalization as we enter into the twenty-first century.

Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture
Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture

Author: Dominic Power

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-05

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1134329741

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Cutting-edge perspectives on the functioning of cultural industries are offered in this volume, which explores the media, entertainment and artistic sectors. Contributors place these industries in the new economy and suggest ways in which they can contribute to urban and regional economic and social development.