{"product_id":"9781444390421","title":"Making Competitive Cities","description":"The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R\u0026amp;D, finance, law). It provides significant new knowledge to the theoretical and practical understanding of the conditions necessary to stimulate \"creative knowledge\" cities. \u003cp\u003eThe editors compare the socio-economic developments, experiences and strategies in 13 urban regions across Europe: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Budapest, Dublin, Helsinki, Leipzig, Milan, Munich, Poznan, Riga, Sofia and Toulouse. These have different histories and roles; include capital and non-capital cities of different sizes; represent cities with different economic structures; and different cultural, political and welfare state traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough this wide set of examples, \u003ci\u003eMaking Competitive Cities\u003c\/i\u003e informs the debate about creative and knowledge-intensive industries, economic development, and competitiveness policies. It focuses on which metropolitan regions have a better chance to develop as \"creative knowledge regions\" and which do not, as well as investigating why this is so and what can policy do to influence change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter authors from thirteen European institutions rigorously evaluate, reformulate and empirically test assumptions about cities and their potential for attracting creative and knowledge-intensive industries. As well as a systematic empirical comparison of developments related to these industries, the book examines the pathways that cities have followed and surveys both the negative and positive impacts of different prevailing conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses link between knowledge-intensive sectors and urban competitiveness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers evidence from 13 European urban regions drawn from a major research project\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes a new benchmark for academic and policy debates in a fast-moving field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140267229424,"sku":"9781444390421","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781444390421_p0.jpg?v=1763817233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781444390421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}