books by Robert Kloosterman

books by Robert Kloosterman

books:

Robert Kloosterman

Learning from Clusters: A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective (GeoJournal Library)

Springer, 2005

The topic of clustering is a central one in contemporary debates on the relationship between the global and the local. This book addresses both conceptual and empirical issues on clustering, learning and regional development. It represents the current state of affairs in this body of literature in a critical way and gives a unique overview of the ...

Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Venturing Abroad in the Age of Globalization

Berg Publishers, 2003

Immigrant entrepreneurship rose dramatically in the last decade of the twentieth century and has had a huge impact on urban life. Through a comparative study of international "advanced economies," this book explores the impact of immigrant business, drawing on in-depth case studies from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, ...

Creativity and the City: How the Creative Economy is Changing the City (Reflect)
Richard Florida, Robert Kloosterman, ...

NAi Publishers, 2006

Richard Florida, the economist whose The Rise of the Creative Class brought into common usage the terms "creative class" and "creative city," may be American, but as a contributor to Creativity and the City he inquires how his ideas might function in the laboratory of Dutch policy. Florida has posited that as industrial and service jobs move to ...