Agglomeration and innovation

G Carlino, WR Kerr - Handbook of regional and urban economics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and
innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation …

Who's right, Marshall or Jacobs? The localization versus urbanization debate

C Beaudry, A Schiffauerova - Research policy, 2009‏ - Elsevier
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 evolution of the global digital platform economy: 1971–2021

ZJ Acs, AK Song, L Szerb, DB Audretsch… - Small Business …, 2021‏ - Springer
The emergence of digital technologies has significantly reduced the economic costs of data—
search, storage, computation, transmission—and enabled new economic activities. Over the …

The dark side of the geography of innovation: relatedness, complexity and regional inequality in Europe

FL Pinheiro, PA Balland, R Boschma… - Regional Studies, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Where do Smart Cities grow? The spatial and socio-economic configurations of smart city development

M Duygan, M Fischer, R Pärli, K Ingold - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022‏ - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Innovations in health care—a conceptual framework

S Flessa, C Huebner - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Innovations are the source of all human development and improvement of quality of life. At
the same time, they challenge existing standards, solutions and societal patterns. In health …

Contextualization and the advancement of entrepreneurship research

SA Zahra, M Wright… - … small business journal, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Technological complexity and economic growth of regions

L Mewes, T Broekel - Research Policy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Separate worlds? Explaining the current wave of regional economic polarization

M Storper - Spatial Transformations, 2018‏ - library.oapen.org
Over the past 40 years, globalization has spread development to many parts of the world.
But within countries, development has become more uneven, a phenomenon known as …

Regional innovation systems: Theory, empirics and policy

BT Asheim, HL Smith, C Oughton - Regional studies, 2011‏ - Taylor & Francis
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 …