Within the field of the geography of knowledge and technological innovation, specific
attention has been paid to the phenomenon of the spatial concentration of high-tech …

The theoretical concepts of industrial district and regional innovation system though closely
related, capture different aspects of regional economic development. Given the “nestedness” …

The empirical target of this article is two-fold: exploring the variety of regional innovative
patterns in Italy; and assessing whether innovation systems can be found, and how they …

The aim of the chapter is to explain the tendency of innovation activity to cluster in a few
metropolitan areas. Urban areas are regarded as 'creativity centres', and recently labelled …

In recent years the interest in sub-national innovation systems has increased substantially.
Analyses on this topic have taken place under a multitude of headings like local or regional …

Increasing globalization, if properly exploited, can provide interesting opportunities for
regional economies. Nevertheless, when they are not managed with a far-sighted approach …

Regional policies for innovation: the case of technology districts in Italy. Regional Studies.
This paper studies a policy tool implemented in Italy in the last decade to foster local …

In all industrial and technological agglomerations several types of public and semi-public
actors coexist. The same happens with the levels of government. Consequently, the daily …

The knowledge-based economy has created new opportunities for marginal regions, even
though some areas in advanced economies still show unbalanced development patterns …

The Italian manufacturing industry is characterised by a widely known positive 'anomaly':
namely, a system made up of a large number of small-sized firms, many of which are …