Notwithstanding the wide research on clusters and industrial districts, most of the preceding
contributions tried to analyse and investigate past research and rarely tried to critique or …

During the last five years, we can observe a soaring academic interest in the concept of
smart specialization. A burgeoning literature emerged both conceptually and empirically. In …

Abstract A sheim BT, B oschma R. and C ooke P. Constructing regional advantage: platform
policies based on related variety and differentiated knowledge bases, Regional Studies …

Abstract Global Production Networks (GPNs) have become a key focus of research in
economic geography and related fields in recent years. This article has two main aims. First …

How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this
organization vary from place to place? What are the new geographies emerging from the …

Maritime clusters have spawned considerable scholarly work in recent years owing to their
crucial effect on regional economic development and global shipping resource allocation …

The paper opens the “black box” of tourism innovation policy implementation through an
analysis of the Spanish Programme of Innovative Business Groups that foster innovation …

In recent years,“cluster strategies” have become a popular economic development approach
among state and local policymakers and economic development practitioners. An industry …

Abstract B renner T. and S chlump C. Policy measures and their effects in the different
phases of the cluster life cycle, Regional Studies. In recent years, policy measures have …

YANG C. Strategic coupling of regional development in global production networks:
redistribution of Taiwanese personal computer investment from the Pearl River Delta to the …