Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Networks and Regional Development: Perspectives and Unresolved Issues / Staber, Udo -- 2. Flexible Specialization in Regional Networks / Sydow, Jörg -- 3. Regional-Industrial Networks and the Role of Labour / Gertler, Meric S. / Rutherford, Tod D. -- 4. Rationalizing State Economic Development / Gittell, Ross / Kaufman, Allen -- 5. Quebec's Strategy to Foster Value-Adding Interfirm Cooperation / Ferland, Marc / Montreuil, Benoit / Poulin, Diane -- 6. The Industrial Resurgence of Southern California? / Scott, Allen J. / Bergman, David -- 7. Strategic Economic Cooperation and Employment Relations Issues / Sharma, Basu / Verma, Anil / Kuruvilla, Sarosh -- 8. The Social Embeddedness of Industrial District Networks / Staber, Udo -- 9. Why Do Industries Cluster? / Doeringer, Peter B. / Terkla, David G. -- 10. Regional Clusters and Economic Development: A Research Agenda / Enright, Michael J. -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Backmatterweiterlesen