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This article seeks to examine how the changing institutional environment concerning local and regional economic development in Britain is related to the changing competitive fortunes of its localities and regions. Drawing on evidence from the UK Competitiveness Index, it is found that the...
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This paper examines intra-firm labour market resource transfer within the South Wales automotive components and electronics manufacturing cluster. Most importantly it illustrates, via three case studies, the process of resource transfer of production and management skills from incoming...
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Since the establishment of the Welsh Assembly Government there has been more emphasis on indigenous enterprises in relation to economic development policy. However, the housing-related sector has received little attention. This paper 1 presents the results of research that has investigated this...
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Since the establishment of the Welsh Assembly Government there has been more emphasis on indigenous enterprises in relation to economic development policy. However, the housing-related sector has received little attention. This paper1 presents the results of research that has investigated this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779121
The academic discussion of business co-operation and networks is often undertaken in fairly abstract terms. The objective of this paper is to add some realism through “on-the-ground†examples of inter-firm networks in which Training and Enterprise Councils (TECS) have acted in a...
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This article analyses the political, economic and social contexts of Liverpool's successful bid to become European Capital of Culture, 2008. It highlights the juxtaposition in the Liverpool 2008 process of discourses of urban entrepreneurialism and a strong emphasis on community involvement....
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This article analyses the political, economic and social contexts of Liverpool's successful bid to become European Capital of Culture, 2008. It highlights the juxtaposition in the Liverpool 2008 process of discourses of urban entrepreneurialism and a strong emphasis on community involvement....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011139373