Elisabete Martins
Books - 2009
Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic activities and the distribution of incomes? The book illuminates a number of critical theoretical end empirical issues relating to the competitive and cooperative nature of regions, as well as highlighting a number of new case studies from a variety of countries. The book will be a useful enhancement to undergraduate and post-graduate courses in economics, economic geography, regional science, regional planning, business administration, and international and industrial management. It will also be an invaluable guidance tool for researchers, consultants and policy makers in international organizations such as the EU, the World Bank and the OECD.
Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions
In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy in which functional regions increasingly play a role as independent and dynamic market places. These are integrated with other functional regions by means of flows of information, knowledge, and commodities. This contemporary and illuminating book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert contributors in this field question are - How do firms compete and how do they develop their competitive strategies? How important are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for innovation? Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, business economics, innovation and regional science.
New Directions in Regional Economic Development
The emphasis of this book lies on emerging hypotheses, new methods and theoretic developments in the field of regional economic development. A further amplification is provided with a diverse set of cases extending this new way of thinking at the theory and methods level into policy and practice. The case studies range from a focus on Europe, Central and East Asia and North America. Considerable emphasis is laid on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of economic growth and development on the sub-national regional level.
Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities
‘Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities’ by Linda McDowell October 2009, Paperback, Wiley-Blackwell.
Books - 2008
International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates
James Raymer (Editor), Frans Wiilekens (Co-Editor) 2008. International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-03233-6.
Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy
Acs, Z. and Stough, R.R. (Eds.), 2008. Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy. Springer, Heidelburg, Germany.
Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City
‘Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City’ by S. Harris Ali (Editor), Roger Keil (Editor) September 2008, Paperback, Wiley-Blackwell.
Books - 2007
Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies
Rietveld, P. and Stough, R.R. (Eds.), 2007. Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies. Edward Elgar, UK.
Critical Infrastructure. Reliability and Vulnerability
Murray, Alan T. and Tony Grubesic (eds). 2007. Critical Infrastructure. Reliability and Vulnerability, Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Springer (ISBN 978-3-540-68055-0).
Books - 2006
Community Policy Analysis Modeling
Johnson, Thomas G., Daniel Otto, and Steven C. Deller (eds.) 2006. Community Policy Analysis Modeling. Oxford: Blackwell Professional Publishing.
Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns
Phillips, Fred. 2006. Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns. Palgrave. ISBN 1403999511.
Spatial Analysis and GeoComputation:Selected Essays
Fischer, M.M. 2006. Spatial Analysis and GeoComputation:Selected Essays (ISBN 3-540-35729-7).
Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge Spillovers
Fischer, M.M. 2006. Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge Spillovers, Springer 2006.
Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy
Stimson, R.J., Roger R. Stough, and Brian H. Roberts. 2006. Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy, Springer, ISBN 3-540-34826-3.
Environmental Valuation
Carruthers, John I. and Bill Mundy (eds.) 2006. Environmental Valuation. Series: Urban Planning and Environment. Ashgate. (ISBN 0754644715).
Telecommunications, Transporation, and Location
Button, Kenneth, and , Roger R. Stough with Michelle Bragg and Samantha Taylor. 2006. Telecommunications, Transporation, and Location. Edgar Elgar Publishing, MA, USA, pp. 200. Part of the Transport Economics, Management and Policy series.
Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics
Westlund, Hans. 2006. Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics, Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (ISBN 3-540-35364).
The Emerging Digital Economy: Entrepreneurship, Clusters, and Policy
Johansson, Börje; Charlie Karlsson, and Roger Stough (eds.) 2006. The Emerging Digital Economy: Entrepreneurship, Clusters, and Policy. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. (ISBN 3-540-34487-X).
Books - 2005
The Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance: Concepts, Issues and International Case Studies
Koontz, S.R., D.L. Hoag, D.D. Thilmany, John W. Green, and J.L. Grannis (eds). December 2005. The Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance: Concepts, Issues and Inernational Case Studies, UK: CABI Publishing, (ISBN: 0-85199-077-0).
Spatial Economics, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 188
Fujita, M. (ed). 2005. Spatial Economics, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 188. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, (ISBN 1 84376 648 5) 2 volume set.
Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public Policy
Green, Gary, Steven C. Deller and David Marcouiller (eds.) 2005. Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public Policy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Barriers to Sustainable Transport: Institutions, Regulation and Sustainability
Rietveld, Piet and Roger Stough (eds). 2005. Barriers to Sustainable Transport: Institutions, Regulation and Sustainability.Spon Press, NY.
The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China. A Case Study of Cokemaking.
Polenske, Karen R. (ed). 2005. The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China. A Case Study of Cokemaking. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, Vol. 8, pp. 189. Springer (ISBN 1-4020-3433-4).
Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Foundations and Applications to Regional Convergence
Arbia, Giuseppe. 2006. Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Foundations and Applications to Regional Convergence, Series: Advances in Spatial Science. (ISBN 3-540-32304-X).
Books - 2004
Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective
DeGroot, Henri L.F., Peter Nijkamp and Roger R. Stough, (eds). 2004. Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing, (ISBN 9781843768906).
Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economics
Dietzenbacher, Erik and Michael L. Lahr (eds). March 2004. Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economics, Cambridge University Press, pp. 418 (ISBN: 0521832381.
Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters
Okuyama, Yasuhide and Stephanie E. Chang (eds). 2004. Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, Springer-Verlag, 300 pp. (ISBN: 03-540-21449-6).
Advances in Spatial Econometrics
Anselin, L., R. Florax, and S. Rey (eds). 2004. Advances in Spatial Econometrics, Springer (ISBN 3-540-43729-0).
Fifty Years of Regional Science
Florax, R., and D. Plane (eds). 2004. Fifty Years of Regional Science, Springer (ISBN 3-540-22361-4).
Advances in Spatial Science
Anselin, L., M.M. Fischer, G.J.D. Hewings, P. Nijkamp, and F. Snickars (eds). 2004. Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (ISBN 1320-9602).
Books - 2003
Social Change and Sustainable Transport
Black, William R. and Peter Nijkamp (eds), 2003. Social Change and Sustainable Transport, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, pp. 416 (ISBN 0-253-34067-5).
Books - 2002
Clustering Dynamics and the Location of High-Tech Firms
Maggioni, Mario A. 2002. Clustering Dynamics and the Location of High-Tech Firms. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-7908-1431-8.
The Economic Valuation of the Environment and Public Policy: A Hedonic Approach
Hidano, Noboru. 2002. The Economic Valuation of the Environment and Public Policy: A Hedonic Approach, Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar.
The Leading Cities of the World and their Competitive Advantages. The Perception of 'Citymakers.'
Grosveld, Harry. 2002. The Leading Cities of the World and their Competitive Advantages. The Perception of 'Citymakers.' Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 90 9015 804 9.
Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment
Florax, Raymond J.G. M., Peter Nijkamp, and Kenneth G. Willis, eds. 2002. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Public Investment and Regional Economic Development
Felsenstein, D., R. McQuaid, P. McCann, and D. Shefer, joint editors. 2002. Public Investment and Regional Economic Development, Edward Elgar, Aldershot.
Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation
Feldman, Maryann P., and Nadine Massard, eds. 2002. Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston: ISBN 0-7923-7614-5.
The Information Economy and American Cities
Drennan, Matthew P. 2002. The Information Economy and American Cities, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Books - 2001
The Dynamics of New Firm Formation
Sutaria, Vinod. 2001. The Dynamics of New Firm Formation (pp. 108). Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0 7546 13038.
Intelligent Transport Systems: Cases and Policies
Stough, Roger, ed. 2001. Intelligent Transport Systems: Cases and Policies, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, Massachusetts, ISBN 1840644478.
Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch
Pitfield D., ed. 2001. Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch, European Research in Regional Science 11, London, Pion. ISBN 0850861721.
Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Miller, Harvey J., and Jiawei Han, eds. 2001. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Taylor and Francis. Hardcover - 338 pages. ISBN: 0415233690 USD $100.
Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications
Miller, Harvey J., and Shih-Lung Shaw. 2001. Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications, Oxford University Press. Hardcover - 480 pages. ISBN: 0195123948.
Urban and Regional Economics
McCann Philip. 2001. Urban and Regional Economics, Oxford University Press, 286 pages.
Geographic Information Systems and Science
Longley P. A., M. F. Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, and D. W. Rhind. 2001. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Wiley, Chichester UK and New York USA.
Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions
Lahr Michael L. and Erik Dietzenbacher, eds. 2001. Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions. London: Palgrave.
Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis
Lahr, Michael L. and Ronald E. Miller, eds. 2001. Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis: A Festschrift in Memory of Benjamin H. Stevens. Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, 249. Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier Science.
Books - 2000 and earlier
Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism
Suarez-Villa, Luis. 2000. Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
Sustainable Transportation Networks
Nagurney, A. 2000. Sustainable Transportation Networks. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, England.
Journal Urban Studies
A Special Issue of the Journal Urban Studies (Vol. 24, No. 3) appeared in March 2000. This is entitled "Location Theory: Analysis and Applications", and is edited by John Parr (University of Glasgow) and Aisling Reynolds-Feighan (University College Dublin). It is based on papers presented at the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference of the British-Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) held at York (UK) in September 1998. The 12 papers (by authors from three continents) reflect the diversity of location theory, and the topics covered fall under the broad headings of spatial competition, urban economic growth, and the structure of urban systems. The various analyses involve different spatial scales, including the regional (unbounded), the interregional, the interurban, and the intraurban. Space is treated continuously (in one or two dimensions) as well as in terms of point locations, these being either undifferentiated or hierarchically ordered. The collection focuses primarily on the contribution of location theory to spatial economic analysis, with several of the papers having an explicit public-policy aspect. Copies of this Special Issue of Urban Studies are available from the publisher, Carfax Publishing (Taylor & Francis Ltd., P O Box 25, Abingdon OX14 3UE, United Kingdom).
Socioeconomic Data for Understanding Your Regional Economy: A User's Guide
Socioeconomic Data for Understanding Your Regional Economy: A User's Guide provides an overview of various sources of data valuable in regional economic analysis. It is aimed at helping novices and seasoned analysts find the data they need to analyze and understand local, regional and state economies. The User's Guide reviews the offerings of federal statistical agencies, describes and compares sources of data by topic (e.g., population, employment, income, cost of living), identifies data intermediaries who can help users get needed data, discusses approaches to using data, provides references for further self-education, and lists key data sources to put in a library or access on-line. Copies are available free from the US Economic Development Administration.
Asia's Financial Crisis and the Role of Real Estate
Mera, Koichi and Bertrand Renaud, eds. 2000. Asia's Financial Crisis and the Role of Real Estate, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 298 pages. ISBN 0-7656-0642-9.
Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Madden, Janice F. 2000. Changes in Income Inequality within U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 186 pages. ISBN 0-88099-203-4.
An Introduction to Social Engineering : Forecasting, Evaluating and Designing Socio-economic Policies
Hidano, Noboru. 2000. An Introduction to Social Engineering : Forecasting, Evaluating and Designing Socio-economic Policies. Nihon Hyoronsha Co. Ltd., Tokyo (in Japanese).
Entrepreneurial Economics
Glancey, Keith S. and Ronald W. McQuaid. 2000. Entrepreneurial Economics, Macmillan Publishing, 240 pages. ISBN 0333736451.
Dynamiques de Proximité
Gilly, J. P. and A. Torre, eds. 2000. Dynamiques de Proximité, L'Harmattan, Paris.
La richesse des régions. La nouvelle geographie socioéconomique
Benko G., and A. Lipietz, eds. 2000. La richesse des régions. La nouvelle geographie socioéconomique. Paris, PUF, 568 pages. ISBN 2130504612.
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