{"234331":{"#nid":"234331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Jennifer Clark releases new book on policy for sustainable regional economies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jennifer Clark, associate professor of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College at Georgia Tech, published her third book entitled, \u201cWorking Regions: Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking Regions\u201d focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four \u201cworking regions\u003Cem\u003E\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities \u2014 the book argues for a new approach to regional economic development. It does this by highlighting policies that foster innovation and manufacturing in small firms, focus research centers on pushing innovation down the supply chain, and support dynamic, design-driven firm networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis book traces several key themes underlying the core proposition that for a region to work, it has to link research and manufacturing activities \u2014 namely, innovation and production \u2014 in the same place. Among the topics discussed in this volume are the issues of how the location of research and development infrastructure produces a clear role of the state in innovation and production systems, and how policy emphasis on pre-production processes in the 1990s has obscured the financialization of intellectual property. Throughout the book, the author draws on examples from diverse industries, including the medical devices industry and the US photonics industry, in order to illustrate the different themes of working regions and the various institutional models operating in various countries and regions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Clark\u0026nbsp;writes on the subject of national and regional development policies related to innovation and manufacturing, and the effect of those policies on cities and their economic competitiveness. Her book \u201cRemaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy,\u201d a collaboration with Susan Christopherson, won the Best Book Award from the Regional Studies Association in 2009 and is also published by Routledge.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Dr. Jennifer Clark publishes her third book.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Dr. Jennifer Clark publishes her third book."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:52:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}