Today, when smart development is increasingly mentioned in public policies, the way
digitalization, as a key component of it, will transform the world in which we are living is …

The role of institutions in fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has received
increasing attention from scholars. This meta-analysis is the first to assess the effectiveness …

Regions play an important role in the global economy by driving research and innovation
policies through a major tool, the Regional Innovation System (RIS). The RIS is a social …

Driven by innovation, the implementation of a strategy for developing a quality workforce is
the key to promoting the high-quality development of China's economy. Based on the panel …

This paper aims to investigate the impact of high-speed rail (HSR) construction on urban
innovation disparity and the role of internet development in this relationship. Using …

Innovation systems present spatial heterogeneity across regions within states or provinces,
posing a need for regional and state efficiency analysis. Yet existing efficiency models focus …

The presence of illegal organizations in economic development settings contributes to the
Italian economy's regional heterogeneity by exacerbating other inefficiencies. We aim to …

In this paper we analyze the effect of institutional quality on the so-called Twin transition at
provincial level in Italy. To carry out the analysis, we use two proxies for the ecological …

Economic shocks are often difficult to predict, as they are independent of the will of the
economic agents affected and, therefore, exogenous to their choices. However, the effects of …

Innovation and investment are critical to economic growth. In this article, we address the
complex task of evaluating the capacity of regional innovation to increase investment and …