Part I Context: the Malardalen - a leading region in Scandinavia and Europe?, U.M. Forslund and B. Johanssen; European integration and German unification - territorial competition under changed political and economic conditions, H.-J. Bremm; the competitive position of the Randstad in the 1990s, I. Bramezza et al. Part II The demand side: change and spatial specialization within the South East's economy, P.C. Cheshire and I.R. Gordon; how does territorial competition matter? - the dynamics of the metropolitcan economies of Milan and Central Veneto regions, I. Bramezza and G. Gorla; the role of services in the competitive position of Milan, L. Senn; international competition and production conditions - results from a survey in the Stockholm region, L. Friden; the mobility of establishments and territorial competition - the case of the Zurich metropolitcan area, A. Rossi and P. Filippini. Part III The supply side: the case for decentrailized industrial policy, I. Begg et al; regional comeptition, city marketing and strategic urban networks, L. van der Berg and H.A. van Klink; local policies to attract mobile investment - a theoretical survey and and application to two sets of local organizations in France, S. Benoit; the location of firms - an analysis of choice processes, P. Wins; policies for territorial competition - the case of Milan, C. Bozzi; London - world city - political and organizational cosntraints on territorial competition, I.R. Gordon.
