This paper tries to shed light in the research that relates mining activities and regional
diversification by studying how a group of local economies heavily specialized in mining …

For the past 20 years researchers have been analysing the meaning, role and importance of
the creative economy. It is heralded as a job and wealth creator and as a prominent tool for …

The mid-2000s witnessed a paradigm shift of technological innovation in China,
characterized by a policy change from expectation of technological spillover from …

The overall objective of this paper is to better understand regional change from institutional
and economic perspectives. The paper introduces the concept of institutional layers in order …

The idea that institutions play a major role in shaping economic behaviour is now widely
shared. The intellectual lineage underlying this idea goes back at least to Veblen (1899) …

Understanding the dynamics of innovation at the regional level is a growing concern both for
scholars trying to understand uneven regional development and for practitioners seeking to …

There has been growing interest in regional policies that stimulate interactions between
different sectors, often based on the concept of 'related variety'. The identification and …

In recent years, an increased interest in farmland globally has led to the emergence of many
land-based investment projects. Although most projects enter the production stage, a …

Tourism development has often been identified as a tool for balancing negative effects of
economic restructuring, especially in peripheral regions. Tourism-based activities often …