Sökning: "Geographical regions"

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1. 1. Cluster Dynamics and Industrial Policy in Peripheral Regions : a study of cluster formation as a local development process

   Författare :Cali Nuur; Staffan Laestadius; David Jacobson; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Peripheral regions; Industrial policy; regional development policy; cluster dynamics; call centress; Sweden; Hälsingland; Landsortsregioner; Industriell politik; Regional utvecklingspolitik; Klusterdynamik; Call centers; Sverige; Hälsingland; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The rapid growth of the global economy in the last two decades has created a new economic reality in many municipalities in peripheral regions of Sweden. Having earlier relied on traditional industry as the source of employment, today municipalities in peripheral regions are struggling to survive in a completely changed economic landscape, with new conditions for development. LÄS MER

3. 2. Faraway, so Close! : The Changing Geographies of Regional Innovation

   Författare :Lars Coenen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Innovation; Regional Innovation Systems; Clusters; Biotechnology; Social sciences; Social geography; Samhällsvetenskaper; Socialgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : Innovation, the act and outcome of making something novel, is unevenly distributed across the geographical landscape. This uneven distribution has a profound impact on the differential success of regional economies. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Wealth of Urban Regions : On the Location of Creative Individuals and Firms

   Författare :Charlotta Mellander; Charlie Karlsson; Börje Johansson; Maryann Feldman; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis consists of four individual chapters and an introduction to the thesis. The common feature of the four separate chapters is their focus on the location patterns of creative individuals and firms, the inter-relation between those actors and the regional development and how those actors in the end shape the wealth of urban regions. LÄS MER

5. 4. Järnhanteringens dynamik : Produktion, lokalisering och agglomerationer i Bergslagen

   Författare :Fredrik Olsson; Olle Krantz; Dan Bäcklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; iron industry; agglomerations; clusters; regions; parishes; localisation; early modern; regional industrialisation; employment structure; iron production; bar iron export; Sweden; Bergslagen; Central Sweden; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract This thesis explores early modern industrial dynamics and especially the long-term performance of iron production and its localisation in Central Sweden during the period 1368-1910. Iron production, iron export and localisation in a national perspective as well as the regional industrial development in Central Sweden during the period 1805-1910 are studied. LÄS MER

7. 5. Firms, Employment and Distance: Essays on the Swedish Regional Economy

   Författare :Sara Åhlén; Rikard Forslid; Marius Brülhart; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Firms; Employment; Distance; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays on the spatial relationships of economic activities in Swedish regions."Governmental Interventions and Market Potential - Determinants of Regional Variations in Firm Births"This paper examines determinants of regional variations in Swedish firm births over the period 1992-2002. LÄS MER