The research agendas of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global value chains
(GVCs) have developed more or less independently from each other, with little interaction so …

This paper presents a critical review of the global value chain (GVC) literature in light of the
“technological capabilities” approach to innovation in less-developed countries (LDCs) …

Summary The Innovation Systems (IS) literature tends not to emphasize the crucial impact of
international knowledge and innovation exchange and collaboration through, for example …

It has been shown that clustering helps local enterprises in industrial districts overcome
growth constraints and compete in distant markets in advanced and less developed …

Most analyses of the relationship between spatial clustering and the technological learning
of firms have emphasised the influence of the former on the latter, and have focused on intra …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between location patterns, innovation
processes and industrial clusters. In order to do this we extend a transactions costs-based …

On the basis of a categorisation of ways in which the generated knowledge is transmitted,
this paper explores the impact of the different forms of the globalisation of technology on …

The aim of this article is to shed light on the evolutionary process of industrial districts (IDs),
evaluating the role of path dependence in their growth trajectories. We intend here to identify …

Does enterprise participation in global markets ensure sustainable income growth? Policies
have often been designed in the belief that this is true, but competitiveness and participation …

As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services
and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information …