This extensively revised and updated fourth edition not only examines the new geographical
patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have …

Co-located firms within related industries enhance the ability to create knowledge by
variation and a deepened division of labour. The interdependent development between …

The fate of regions and of nations increasingly depends upon ideas and innovations to
facilitate growth. In recent years, geographers have made fundamental contributions to our …

This paper outlines the development of an entrepreneurial culture in the US Capitol region
and the formation of a regional industrial cluster. The conditions that the literature associates …

The authors develop the concept of regional systems of innovation and relate it to
preexisting research on national systems of innovation. They argue that work conducted in …

R odríguez-P ose A. and C rescenzi R. Research and development, spillovers, innovation
systems, and the genesis of regional growth in Europe. Regional Studies. Research on the …

The purpose of this paper is to build up a theoretical framework to study university‐industry
interorganisational relations (U‐1 IOR) and formulate hypotheses which will be tested on …

Do multinationals go abroad to acquire technological knowledge? Do they also contribute
knowledge locally? We investigate the learning and contribution patterns of multinational …

This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical
economists and their more modern disciples, who saw economic development as a process …

Transport infrastructure has represented one of the cornerstones of development and
cohesion strategies in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere in the world. However …