2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-7802.2011.01058.x
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Successful European regions in a global economy: a synthesis and outlook

Abstract: This short paper concludes the special issue by bringing together a number of common patterns emerging from the five regions investigated. It appears that these five regions have been successful in globalization thanks to a pro-active approach which upgraded their functional specialization, making the most from their assets and being open to global flows. These results are expected to be valid for most global player European regions, but not necessarily for other types of regions. Moreover, it would be interes… Show more

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“…The paper by Boix (2011) illustrates the case of Catalonia, and concentrates on the theoretical bases and the empirics of its shift from a manufacturing to a more knowledge‐based economy. The final paper by Fratesi (2011) tries to bring together all the considerations put forward by the case studies in order to find some common trends which are valid for European global player regions, and also tries to provide an outlook on the first impact of the crisis.…”
Section: The Articulation Of the Special Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The paper by Boix (2011) illustrates the case of Catalonia, and concentrates on the theoretical bases and the empirics of its shift from a manufacturing to a more knowledge‐based economy. The final paper by Fratesi (2011) tries to bring together all the considerations put forward by the case studies in order to find some common trends which are valid for European global player regions, and also tries to provide an outlook on the first impact of the crisis.…”
Section: The Articulation Of the Special Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…They assume a gateway role for MNEs by housing their regional or their national headquarters (Fratesi 2012). Regions with few local clusters are the best placed to become integrated into global production 10 We use the word 'ladder' to emphasize that GVCs are potential levers of regional economic growth and technology upgrading.…”
Section: Matching Regions With Value Chainsmentioning
confidence: 99%