In rapidly changing regional economies, less innovative European regions (henceforth
referred to as lagging-behind regions) must actively work to reduce the gap between them …

This work analyses the implications of tourism dynamics and smart specialisation strategies
on growth and socioeconomic resilience of European regions where tourism is a regional …

In the recent EU regional policy debate, two main documents captured the interest of
experts: the EU Report Europe 2020 (European Commission 2010a), which presents the …

En este trabajo analizamos la situación actual de la Econometría espacial, como disciplina
de naturaleza econométrica especializada en el manejo de datos y relaciones de tipo …

Critically assessing and integrating the existing literature on static agglomeration
economies, this paper overcomes the agglomeration‐growth shortcut actually present in the …

This paper analyses the impact of port activities on local development for a sample of 621 TL-
3 regions located in thirteen European countries and observed over the period 1998–2009 …

While considerable attention has been directed to the national‐level impacts of global value
chains, far less attention has been focused on the way in which global production …

The interest in the role of cities in explaining national economic performance is not at allnew
and has always been at the basis of urban economics theory and economic …

This paper aims at investigating the role of different types of proximity on the technological
activity of a region within the context of a knowledge production function, where R&D …

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Development in International Economic Networks MARK THISSEN FRANK VAN OORT DARIO …