Global economic crisis and local economic development : international cases and policy responses / edited by Jason Begley, Dan Coffey, Tom Donnelly and Carole Thornley.

Introduction / Jason Begley / Dan Coffey, Tom Donnelly, and Carole Thornley -- Creating local economic resilience : co-operation, innovation and firms' absorptive capacity / Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton -- Global economic crises and local fortunes : the case of oxfordshire and buckinghamshire / Rupert Waters and Helen Smith -- Regional capabilities and industrial resiliency : specialization and diversification dynamics in Lowell, Massachusetts / Michael H. Best -- From recession to re-industrialization : a case study of employment changes in North Carolina / Ian Taplin and Minh-Trang Thi Nguyen -- Institutional change, industrial logics and internationalization : growth of the auto and it sectors in india / Anthony D'Costa -- A system abandoned : 20 years of management, corporate governance and labour market reforms in Japan / Holger Bungsche -- China and the global recession / Jason Begley and Tom Donnelly -- North American and European responses to crisis in the motor vehicle industry / James Rubenstein -- Addressing "strategic failure" : widening the public interest in the UK financial and energy sectors / J.R. Branston, Keith G. Cowling, Philip R. Tomlinson and J.R. Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.--Publisher's description.