Regions and trademarks: Research opportunities and policy insights from leveraging trademarks in regional innovation studies

C Castaldi, S Mendonça - Regional Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
At the intersection of regional and innovation studies, trademark research is producing
stylized facts, methodological lessons and policy insights underlining the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Green patents and green trademarks as indicators of green innovation

J Block, D Lambrecht, T Willeke, M Cucculelli, D Meloni - Research Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
Identifying green innovations and the firms that generate them is crucial for understanding
the role of technology and innovation in the transition to a green economy. Information from …

Driving Forces Behind Relational Knowledge Sourcing in Clusters: Single-and Multilevel Approaches

M Abbasiharofteh, A Maghssudipour - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
The critical importance of knowledge sourcing as learning relationships and its impact on
innovation have been widely discussed in the cluster literature. The aim of this paper is …

Relatedness, cross-relatedness and regional innovation specializations: An analysis of technology, design, and market activities in Europe and the US

C Castaldi, K Drivas - Economic Geography, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines how regions develop new innovation specializations, covering
different activities in the whole process from technological invention to commercialization …

[HTML][HTML] Atypical combinations of technologies in regional co-inventor networks

M Abbasiharofteh, DF Kogler, B Lengyel - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel combinations of technologies are usually the result of collaborative work that builds
on existing knowledge. Albeit inventors and their respective communities tend to be …

Leveraging the digital layer: the strength of weak and strong ties in bridging geographic and cognitive distances

M Abbasiharofteh, J Kinne… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Firms may seek non-redundant information through inter-firm relations beyond their
geographic and cognitive boundaries (ie, relations with firms in other regions and active in …

The role of geographic distance and technological complexity in US interregional co-patenting over almost two centuries

M Abbasiharofteh, T Broekel… - … and Planning A …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines how geographical proximity affected interregional co-patenting links in
various technologies in the USA from 1836 to 2010. We classify technologies by their …

Using archetypal analysis to derive a typology of knowledge networks in European bioclusters

M Abbasiharofteh, F Hermans - Regional Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The shift to a bioeconomy necessitates radical innovations to move from a fossil-to a bio-
based economy, with bioclusters playing a crucial role by fostering collaboration among a …

[PDF][PDF] Not all twins are identical: the digital layer of “twin” transition market applications

M Abbasiharofteh, L Kriesch - 2024 - researchgate.net
A twin (a joint green and digital) transition aims to facilitate achieving the Green Deal goals.
The interplay between regional capabilities and twin transition market applications remains …

Place, space, and sustainability transitions: an economic geography approach to the analysis of environmental behaviors of consumers and firms

J Zhang - 2024 - research.rug.nl
Environmental challenges require significant transformations within different socio-technical
systems. From an economic geography perspective, this dissertation seeks to deepen the …