Publication : Michael Storper and al. « The rise and fall of urban economies » Stanford University Press

1 septembre 2015
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The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies

Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles

(Stanford University Press, 2015)

 

By Michael Storper, Thomas Kemeny, Naji Makarem, and Taner Osman

 

Cover of The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies by Michael Storper, Thomas Kemeny, Naji Makarem, and Taner Osman

 

Description:

The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies challenges many of the conventional notions about economic development and sheds new light on its workings. The authors argue that it is essential to understand the interactions of three major components—economic specialization, human capital formation, and institutional factors—to determine how well a regional economy will cope with new opportunities and challenges. Drawing on economics, sociology, political science, and geography, they argue that the economic development of metropolitan regions hinges on previously underexplored capacities for organizational change in firms, networks of people, and networks of leaders. By studying San Francisco and Los Angeles in unprecedented levels of depth, this book extracts lessons for the field of economic development studies and urban regions around the world.

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