Global Economic Crisis and Local Economic Development : International cases and policy responses

This book offers a collaborative investigation of the policies and practices which have redeveloped local and national economies in the aftermath of the global economic crisis which erupted in 2008. It explores 'localised' models of economic development, including problems of diversity and balance and the role of firms, industries and clusters, alongside comparative studies of policy responses to the crisis at local, regional and national levels

Global Economic Crisis and Local Economic Development seeks routes for economic development in a post-crisis world. The roles of innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge infrastructures, public policies, business strategies and responses, as well as global contexts and positioning are explored as investigative themes which run throughout the collection as a whole. This text brings together a range of international disciplinary experts from economics, geography, history, business and management, politics and sociology. Its coverage is comparative and global, with contributions focusing on the U.S., Japan, China, and India, as well as European contexts and cases.

This book is of value both for the intrinsic quality of its individual studies and for the contrasts and comparisons enabled by the collection when viewed as a whole. It has an accessible but rigorous style, making it ideal for a range of users including academics, researchers and students who study economic development and regional development.

Jason Begley is Research Fellow at Centre for Business in Society, and is Head of the Motor Industry Observatory (MIO), Coventry University, UK.

Dan Coffey is Graduate School Director and Senior Lecturer at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK.

Tom Donnelly is Professor of Automotive Business at Coventry University Business School, Coventry University, UK.

Carole Thornley is Emeritus Professor of Employment and Public Policy at University of Keele, UK.