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Tables of Contents for The Associational Economy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
ix
The Associational Economy: Introduction
1
1
Introduction
1
3
Issues Explored
4
5
The Institutions of Innovation
9
26
Introduction
9
1
Models of Innovation: The Schumpeterian Legacy
10
3
The Firm as a Repository of Knowledge
13
4
The State as Animateur: Creating a Milieu for Innovation
17
7
National Systems of Innovation
24
5
Trust, Voice, and Loyalty
29
4
Conclusions
33
2
Firms as Laboratories: Re-inventing the Corporation
35
25
Introduction
35
1
Corporate Governance: Rethinking Ownership and Control
36
5
R&D: Reintegrating Conception and Execution
41
6
Beyond Taylorism? The Factory as a Laboratory
47
6
Co-makership: Building Supply-Chain Partnerships
53
5
Conclusions
58
2
The Region as a Nexus of Learning Processes
60
23
Introduction
60
2
The Region: From Defence to Offence
62
3
Regions as Laboratories
65
5
Regional Innovation Systems
70
2
Innovation, Systems, Lock-in, and Industrial Districts
72
4
Beyond Regional Path-Dependence to Economies of Association
76
5
Conclusions
81
2
Baden-Wurttemberg: The Evolution of a `Model Region'
83
31
Introduction
83
3
The Regional Governance System
86
5
The National System of Innovation
91
3
Corporate Restructuring
94
6
The Mittelstand Sector
100
6
The Mittelstand after the Recession
106
3
The Role of Intermediaries
109
2
Conclusions: Embedding for the Future
111
3
Emilia-Romagna: From Civic Culture to Global Networks
114
20
Introduction
114
3
The Regional Governance System
117
5
Changing Industrial Organization
122
4
The Role of the Intermediaries
126
3
Remaking the SME Networks
129
3
Conclusions
132
2
Wales: Innovating through Global-Local Interaction
134
28
Introduction
134
1
Low Trust and Short-Termism: The Anti-Industrial Syndrome in Britain
135
7
Governance Capacity: The Rise of the Regional State in Wales
142
5
Corporate Restructuring: The Scope and Limits of FDI
147
4
Beyond Classical Regional Policy
151
9
Conclusions
160
2
The Basque Conundrum: Regional Autonomy and Economic Decline
162
31
Introduction
162
1
From Francoism to Federalism: Late Modernization in Spain
163
5
The Governance System in the Basque Country
168
4
Corporate Restructuring: The Shadow of the Past
172
7
Regional Innovation Strategies: Chinks of Light?
179
11
Conclusions
190
3
Evolutionary Processes and Regional Practices
193
28
Introduction
193
1
The Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Economic Development
194
7
National Systems of Innovation
201
5
The Regional Nexus
206
6
What Policy Lessons are to be Learned?
212
1
Innovation and Regional Development: The EU Repertoire
213
5
Conclusions and Implications
218
3
References
221
18
Index
239