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The rise and fall of urban economies : lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles /

Today, the Bay Area is home to the most successful knowledge economy in America, while Los Angeles has fallen progressively farther behind its neighbour to the north and a number of other American metropolises. Yet, in 1970, experts would have predicted that L.A. would outpace San Francisco in popul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Storper, Michael (Autor), Kemeny, Thomas (Autor), Makarem, Naji Philip (Autor), Osman, Taner (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2015]
Colección:Innovation and technology in the world economy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The divergent development of urban regions
  • Divergent development : the conceptual challenge
  • The motor of divergence : high-wage or low-wage specialization
  • The role of labor in divergence : quality of workers or quality of jobs?
  • Economic specialization : pathways to change
  • Economic development policies : their role in economic divergence
  • Beliefs and worldviews in economic development : to which club do we belong?
  • Seeing the landscape : the relational infrastructure of regions
  • Connecting the dots : what caused divergence?
  • Shaping economic development : policies and strategies
  • Improving analysis of urban regions : methods and models.