Includes bibliographical references and index

Peripherality in the global economy / Jacques Poot -- Locality matters : myth and facts on the new economy / Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp -- Geography, transactions costs and economic performance / Philip McCann -- Physically isolated nations, trade and "small-world" network connectivity / Laurie Schintler and Rajendra Kulkarni -- Geographical proximity and economic performance of nations / Upali Wickramasinghe -- Core-periphery linkages and income in small Pacific island economies / Geoffrey Bertram and Özer Karagedikli -- The impact of scale and remoteness on New Zealand's industrial structure and firm performance / Geoff Simmons -- Currency unions and gravity models revisited / Christie Smith -- Australia-New Zealand border effects and Trans-Tasman integration / Tim Hazledine and Sara Lipanovic -- Small states and island states : implications of size, location and isolation for prosperity / Harvey W. Armstrong and Robert Read -- Getting on to the map of the global economy : the case of Finland / Nils Bjorksten and Laura Meriluoto -- From the periphery to the new economy : paths and roadblocks for resource regions / Lee Huskey -- Ireland's economic renaissance : the success of a "peripheral" economy / Brendan Walsh -- The state of e-commerce in New Zealand / Bronwyn Howell and Lisa Marriott