With the decline of socialism in thought and practice, radical political economy has recently
been at a low ebb. Yet given the persistence of economic problems and their effect on the …

Innovation patterns and technological specialization vary considerably between market
economies with different institutions because they coordinate economic activities in different …

Within the contemporary world of 'the knowledge economy', understanding the spatial
organisation of knowledge production has become a key issue. Drawing on recent …

The German economy has been widely seen as failing to develop the commercial
innovation competencies necessary to compete in new technologies. Starting in the mid …

In this research we explore the relationship between high-technology regional development
and ethnic networks in the connection between Silicon Valley, California and Hsinchu …

As visibly extractive industries reliant on the material and semiotic commodification of
nature, forestry and mining have come to be popularly viewed as “environmental pariahs.” …

Economic geographies are social constructs and, even under circumstances of close
regulation and monitoring, their sociality is apparent. This paper explores the significance of …

We are now living through a period of knowledge capitalism in which, as Manuel Castells
puts it,'the action of knowledge upon knowledge is the main source of productivity'. In the …

It is now commonplace to refer to such diverse phenomena as globalization, increases in
economic inequality, the decline of class-based societies, the intensification of …

Geographers and economists view globalization through the'mirror images' of location and
trade. The analysis of trade asks to what extent the trade flows of goods or money are …