Accepting as a truism that competitiveness in global markets is linked to the development of local clusters of firms, McNaughton (management sciences, U. of Waterloo, Canada) and Green
(geography, U. of Western Ontario, Canada) present 15 contributions as a synthesis of the theoretical literature on the phenomenon from a range of disciplines including economics, geography,
marketing, and international business. The chapters look at four aspects of the topic: understanding local networks and their links to competitiveness, innovation in local networks, the
constraints of local networks, and the contexts of network strategies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
