Network Strategies for Regional Growth

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Network Strategies for Regional Growth....Pages 1-21
A New Role for Government in Regional Development....Pages 22-39
Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad....Pages 40-56
Interaction, the Innovative Milieu and Porterian Clusters: A Survey-Based Regional Assessment Illustrated with an Example of a Medical Technology Region in an Early Cluster Life-Cycle Stage....Pages 57-78
Outcomes in Small-Firm Networks: A Quantitative Study in the Southern Brazilian Context....Pages 79-99
Email as a Communication Strategy in a Regional Strategic Network....Pages 100-125
Cluster Membership, Knowledge and SMEs’ Internationalization....Pages 126-150
The Trä 50 Group: A Supplier Network to IKEA....Pages 151-162
Marketing Cooperation and Public Policy in Italian Networks of Fashion Firms....Pages 163-184
Strategy Selection in Business-Angel Networks: Venture-capital strategy and Entrepreneurial Business-Angel Strategy....Pages 185-206
Increased Internationalization for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through Joint Export Networks....Pages 207-228
Challenges, Complexities and Advantages of Regional Strategic Networks....Pages 229-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-243