Urban Competitiveness and Innovation

Edited by Pengfei Ni and Zheng Qiongjie

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Against the backdrop of today’s climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781781007914
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-6

Pengfei Ni and Zheng Qiongjie

Ch 2 Chinese cities and global urban competitiveness , pp 9-28

Pengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie

Ch 3 Better cities, better planet: examples of governing against climate change from OECD countries , pp 29-38

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau

Ch 4 The strategic shift towards a domestic market, service enhancement and urban competitiveness in China , pp 39-50

François Gipouloux

Ch 5 Enhancing innovation-based urban competitiveness , pp 53-66

Guido Ferrari

Ch 6 Enhancing urban competitiveness through innovative growth clusters , pp 67-90

Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Willem van Winden

Ch 7 Innovation in urban policy: collaboration rather than competition between cities , pp 91-111

William F. Lever

Ch 8 What can cities do to enhance competitiveness? Local policies and actions for innovation , pp 112-136

Ming Zhang

Ch 9 Competition and cooperation between cities in globalization , pp 139-156

Peter J. Taylor

Ch 10 Global Power City Index: comprehensive power of cities to enhance their competitiveness , pp 157-178

Hiroo Ichikawa

Ch 11 Urban development in Hong Kong and its regional integration with the Pearl River Delta, 1978-2009 , pp 179-200

Jianfa Shen

Ch 12 A development officer's guide to clusters , pp 203-217

Peter Karl Kresl

Ch 13 Cultural policies and local development strategies: the cultural district of Caserta, Italy , pp 218-228

Stefano Mollica

Ch 14 Economic competitiveness, clusters, and cluster-based development , pp 229-251

Harold Wolman

Ch 15 Urban competitiveness and industrial clusters in Mexico , pp 252-274

Jaime Sobrino

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