Industrial specialization is one of the main elements characterizing and systemizing the
economy that in many ways defines the regional development's level and dynamics. The …

Relatively little research has explored spatial structure in modern major Canadian regions.
Three common models are monocentricity, polycentricity, and dispersion, but these are not …

This paper examines the processes through which the United Arab Emirates'(UAE) cities of
Abu Dhabi and Dubai attract and integrate knowledge workers into their labor markets. It …

In recent years, both endogenous capital accumulation and institutional theories of
economic growth have emerged as central sources for explaining uneven development …

Purpose This study aims to test the emerald model on the regional basis for the identification
of the most important sources of competitiveness in the states of the US …

The field of spatial economics has made enormous progress in theorizing and measuring
agglomeration effects, trade costs, and urbanization. Typical models establish structural …

During the past 25 years the burden of managing economic policy for competitiveness has
devolved to cities and to urban regions. National governments have increasingly been …

As a scholarly field, economic development is a theoretical exploration with very real
implications for place. As a practice, economic development is an essential component of …

The field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts
and theories seeking to explain uneven development across regional contexts. In particular …

A renewed emphasis on behavioural traits has emerged as a means of explaining regional
and local differences in economic performance and development. Given this, the aim of this …