This book provides a cogent summary of the economic history of the Irish Free
State/Republic of Ireland. It takes the Irish story from the 1920s right through to the present …

The idea of the creative knowledge city has received considerable attention in the last
number of years, not only in the academic literature but also from urban policymakers. Much …

Abstract S okol M., V an E geraat C. and W illiams B. Revisiting the 'informational city': space
of flows, polycentricity and the geography of knowledge-intensive business services in the …

Ireland was one of the first countries in the world to adopt an FDI-oriented development
strategy. It remains to this day the most FDI-intensive economy in Europe. These factors …

Los SBC absorben, generan y difunden conocimiento, y por esa vía contribuyen al aumento
de la productividad global de la economía. Asimismo, hoy son fácilmente exportables …

This paper advances an argument about the need to take into account two components of
state-industry relations if we are to fully understand economic development and policy …

This report examines the evolution of the offshore services industry in order to identify
opportunities for its development in Latin America. Offshore services emerged as a dynamic …

This introductory text is about economic geography and globalization in all their different
stripes and colours. It introduces clearly the subject matters in economic geography through …

This paper is concerned with the geography of finance in the globalising knowledge‐based
economy, characterised by the proliferation of information and communication technology …

This paper offers a critical evaluation of recent Irish industrial policy (IP) experience. It
argues that whilst Ireland managed to get some things “right” through its IP, substantial …