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

The role of networks in innovation processes has become a key research area in the field of
innovation studies over the last decade and a half (Freeman, 1991; Hagedoorn, 2002; …

This article examines the nature and geography of knowledge linkages in the Vienna
software cluster. Empirical studies on the software sector have provided contradictory …

The knowledge economy appears to be problematic for old industrial regions, as lock-in and
restructuring remove assets for innovation from their territories, as well as for the kinds of …

This note studies the mechanisms through which regional economies diversify over time and
formulates suggestions on how policy can influence such process. In particular, two closely …

Universities are important players in the global development of knowledge economy,
alongside being significant contributors to the economic development of their host cities …

Winner of the 2009 Regional Studies Association Best Book Award! Since the early 1980s,
the region has been central to thinking about the emerging character of the global economy …

The 21st century has been dominated by an almost compulsive race to find new pathways
for city development. As cities seek to regenerate via the knowledge-based economy, now …

This contribution explores the framing of the concept of Regional Innovation Systems (RISs)
within European economic policies. Regional innovation systems are analytically and …

Abstract H all PV and J acobs W. Shifting proximities: the maritime ports sector in an era of
global supply chains, Regional Studies. Economic geographers argue that spatial and non …