Linking Local and Global Economies


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Clusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to adapt continually to a fast changing environment. This new book, containing contributions on countries ranging from Italy and Mexico to China and India, recognises the disparity between conditions in these countries and poses some interesting questions about what might be termed post clu










Mediterranean and Baltic Essays on Contemporary Agricultural Systems


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Recoge: 1. Triadic globalization and regional scenarios the Baltic and Mediterranean regions - 2. Mediterranean and Baltic agro-food systems between marginalization and specialisation - 3. Mediterranean agro-food systems: tradition, technology, trade - 4. The Mediterranean and europe's EC Core: recent history of agrarian system - 5. Trade in Mediterranean agricultural commodities - 6. Mediterranean crops and farm management - 7. Agro-industry in the Mediterranean countries from dualism to marginalization - 8. Biotechnology and the Mediterranean basin - 9. Plant biotechnology research in Turkey and prospective impacts - 10. Castel Guelfo di Bologna: a case study of the agricultural system of a rural community in Northern Italy's Po Valley.