The intention of this paper is to review the literature linking ownership and location
strategies to economic geography and theories of globalisation and to explore new areas of …

The evolution of innovation system literature is scrutinized to delineate the conceptual trends
over the past 30 years. We applied the Sigma index which is supposed to include not only …

The paper is concerned with spatial clustering of economic activity and its relation to the
spatiality of knowledge creation in interactive learning processes. It questions the view that …

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 …

Within economic geography and industrial economics, interest in the concept of tacit
knowledge has grown steadily in recent years. Nelson and Winter helped revive this interest …

The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate the usefulness of applying a user–producer
perspective to innovation. A set of analytical and normative propositions–which are neither …

A number of possible advantages of industry agglomeration—or spatial clustering—have
been identified in the research literature, notably those related to shared costs for …

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

In this paper, we argue that a paradigmatic shift is occurring in economic geography toward
a relational economic geography. This rests on three propositions. First, from a structural …

This paper develops a rigorous concept of institutions to investigate the interrelationships
between institutional and economic change from the perspective of economic geography …