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Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited

In: Endogenous Regional Development

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  • Roberta Capello
  • Peter Nijkamp

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Increasingly, endogenous factors and processes are being emphasized as drivers in regional economic development and growth. This 15 chapter book is unique in that it commences by presenting five disciplinary takes on endogenous development from the perspectives of economics, geography, sociology, planning and organizational management.

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  • Roberta Capello & Peter Nijkamp, 2011. "Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited," Chapters, in: Robert Stimson & Roger R. Stough & Peter Nijkamp (ed.), Endogenous Regional Development, chapter 15, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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