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

This book is about the economic geography of cultural-products industries, and, in particular,
about the ways in which these industries tend to materialize on the landscape in the form of …

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed
an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The …

The article discusses the future of industrial districts in a post‐Fordist 'learning economy'. It
argues that the core of the question is related to the collective learning capacity of small and …

The theoretical part of the article examines the concept of regional innovation systems
against the background of modern theories of innovation. The view of interactive learning as …

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 …

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

The thesis of this article is that world capitalism is moving into a phase of development
marked by an intensified regionalization of production overlaid by—and rooted in—a global …

This paper explores the quantitative relationship between knowledge sharing and
performance, with contextual factors in consideration. First, we argue that both knowledge …

The question of economic geography and industrial performance is broached by noting that
the modern world economy is in part made up of a mosaic of interdependent regional …