The premises of the resource-based theory, hypothesising that valuable and rare resources
and capabilities, contribute to a firm's competitive advantage and, consequently, superior …

The First World War marked the end of a long period of both economic growth and
integration. Industry localization is markedly clustered in Germany, eastern France and …

This study analyzes how regional manufacturing characteristics, ie, specialization and the
size of new manufacturers, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, ie, contextual factors driving …

In this paper we discuss regional income growth and inequality based on a new set of long-
run data. The data cover 173 European regions in 16 countries, from 1900 to 2015. These …

The objective of this paper is to understand the reasons for creating temporary spatial
proximity in work processes of knowledge-intensive business services. Obligations to create …

This study contributes to the debate on the premature deindustrialization of develo**
countries by analysing the contribution of services to aggregate productivity and output …

The paper explores the evolving role of service sectors in relation to manufacturing activities
within local systems of production and it discusses whether issues related to spatial …

The paper analyses the contribution of services vis-à-vis manufacturing as a driving force of
economic growth in develo** regions. In doing so, we test Kaldor´ s first and second …

The service sector currently accounts for the largest share, both in terms of GDP and
employment, of all developed economies, as well as many of the so-called emerging or …

This investigation discusses the innovative activities of Knowledge-Intensive Business
Services (KIBS) in the developmental process. To improve understanding of KIBS, the study …