Regional economic divergence has become a threat to economic progress, social cohesion
and political stability in Europe. Market processes and policies that are supposed to spread …

This paper contributes to ongoing work which seeks to bring together the national innovation
system and global value chain literatures for the study of economic development. We depart …

This book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development.
Bridging the gap between theory and practice it demonstrates the relevance of theory to …

This open access book addresses three themes which have been central to Leydesdorff's
research:(1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation;(2) the scientometric …

Abstract Knowledge creation is widely considered as the central driver for innovation, and
accordingly, for creating competitive advantage. However, most measurement approaches …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the nature of Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) cluster, to establish and
empirically verify in the pilot study the role of clusters in developing the fourth industrial …

Through successive industrial revolutions, the geography of innovation around the globe
has changed radically, and with it the geography of wealth creation and prosperity. Since the …

Thinking through Jakarta, this paper explores the possibility of decentring understandings of
conditions of possibility for economic transformation across the post-colony by shifting the …

Previous research on the genesis of industrial clusters has focused on macrolevel (eg,
agglomeration economies and institutions) or mesolevel explanatory factors (eg, serial …

The role of policy is often misunderstood, either revered as a panacea or despised as a
barrier to change. This is especially true in the process of regional transformation. This …