Bottom Line on Business Clusters

Evan Davis and his guests were on fine form this week in the edition of the Bottom Line on Radio 4. They discussed the development of business clusters in different localties and regions - a topic highly relevant to economic geography and one that links in well to external economies of scale and international competitiveness - two A2 topics. The Open University site is recommended for a range of follow-up resources.

Unit 4 Macro: Competitive Advantage in Trade (Some Videos) [12 Jan 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Capital used to Build Cross Rail [11 Jan 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Inside a Biscuit Factory [1 Dec 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Economies of Scale and the Kinect [31 Oct 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Science Cities and External Economies of Scale [29 Sep 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Evan Davis on Re-Balancing the Economy [25 Aug 2011]
Unit 3 Micro - Poundland expands operations [7 Aug 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Motorsport Valley and External Economies of Scale [12 Jul 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Economies of Scale in Solar Power [27 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Oligopoly [20 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Minimum Efficient Scale [18 May 2011]
A2 Micro: External Economies of Scale [18 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Changes in Costs and Profits [23 Apr 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Solar Panels and Economies of Scale [11 Apr 2011]
Apply - Vertical Integration and iPad Pricing [21 Feb 2011]
The Rise and Rise of Internet Monopolists [14 Nov 2010]
Experimenting with Google Docs - the Rise of a Digital Conglomerate [8 Nov 2010]
The Stanford Research Park [2 Oct 2010]
Market implications of creating the world’s biggest airline [19 Sep 2010]
Evan loves tax [14 Sep 2010]
Two thought-provoking programmes this week [21 Feb 2010]
Super cruisers and economies of scale [2 Dec 2009]
Economics Trivia - Economies of scale [1 Dec 2009]
Walmart and Amazon Price War - Hyper Efficiency and the Consumer [23 Oct 2009]
Economies of Scale for Wind Farms [23 May 2009]
Radio discussion - is the credit crunch crisis over? [10 May 2009]
Pepsi and Vertical Integration [21 Apr 2009]
Power Relationships [22 Feb 2009]
Bankers and the Blame Game [20 Dec 2008]
Credit crunch lies behind school closures [2 Aug 2008]
Amazon’s new warehouse [20 Apr 2008]
Revision: Economies of Scale and Scope [2 Apr 2008]
Economies of Scale [17 Mar 2008]

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