This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and
innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation …

A large amount of literature provides empirical evidence in support of Marshall or Jacobs
theories regarding the specialization or diversity effects on the economic performance of …

The emergence of digital technologies has significantly reduced the economic costs of data—
search, storage, computation, transmission—and enabled new economic activities. Over the …

In the last decade, a number of smart city initiatives have flourished around the world. While
the literature is ripe with descriptions of those projects and pioneering cities, there is far less …

This article analyzes the role of context in the advancement of entrepreneurship research. It
defines contextualization and discusses why and how it is important in entrepreneurship …

One the one hand, complex technologies offer substantial economic benefits, and on the
other, they are difficult to invent and to imitate, and they refuse a fast dissemination. This two …

The role of regional governments in fostering opportunity entrepreneurship has received
increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. Drawing on research on …

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained
economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael …

Abstract A sheim BT, L awton S mith H. and O ughton C. Regional innovation systems:
theory, empirics and policy, Regional Studies. Interest in regional innovation systems has …

As regions evolve, their economies become more complex, and they tend to diversify into
related activities. Although there is a bright side to this diversification process in terms of …