This article reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of environmental regulations on
firms' competitiveness as measured by trade, industry location, employment, productivity …

Austerity, the sustained and widespread cuts to government budgets, has characterised
Britain's public policy since 2010. The local state has undergone substantial restructuring …

Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic
Geography and Transition Studies. Regional Studies. This paper develops a theoretical …

Prior research identifies relatedness as a key driver of new specializations in the domain of
green technologies. The present paper extends the evolutionary economic geography …

This think piece was commissioned to inform then 2006 Regional Economic Strategy. It
aimed to provide a critical review of the concept of regional competitive advantage …

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and
well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an …

This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a
comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation …

This ground-breaking volume on the relationships between tourism and innovation provides
an overview of relevant innovation theories and related literatures on entrepreneurship …

This study is a methodological evaluation of studies on importance and performance
measurement, and importance–performance analysis (IPA) which has gained widespread …

Shifting horizons in local and regional development. Regional Studies. This paper aims, first,
to trace the evolution of thinking about local and regional development in order to situate …