THE DICTIONARY OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 'Even better than before, the Dictionary is an
essential tool for all human geographers and over the years has provided an invaluable …

Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in local industrial agglomeration and
specialization, not only by economic geographers but also by economists and by policy …

Abstract Changes in the international economy have gradually shifted the basis of industrial
competitiveness from static price competition towards dynamic improvement, benefiting firms …

A number of possible advantages of industry agglomeration—or spatial clustering—have
been identified in the research literature, notably those related to shared costs for …

Until recently, regional policy has been firm-centered, standardized, incentive-based and
state-driven. This is certainly true in the case of the Keynesian legacy that dominated …

Co-located firms within related industries enhance the ability to create knowledge by
variation and a deepened division of labour. The interdependent development between …

Drawing on a rich literature and case study material from selected industries, and
elaborating on key concepts such as firms and competencies, industries and industrial …

The main argument advanced in this paper is that proximity matters. Product innovations,
new forms of organization or new skills are arrived at in interactive processes within …

Publikace představuje a kriticky reflektuje teorie a koncepty, které usilují o vysvětlení
současné dynamicky se měnící ekonomické geografie světa, a nastiňuje implikace pro …

This paper draws together theory on spatial agglomeration of economic activity, innovation
processes, and international business to address the phenomena of spatial clustering …