The contribution of higher education institutions to regional development is a theme that has
attracted growing attention in recent years. Knowledge institutions are increasingly expected …

Innovation has moved to the foreground in regional policy in the last decade. Concrete
policies were shaped by “best practice models” derived from high-tech areas and well …

Regional policies across Europe aim at stimulating regional development in non-core
regions through fostering entrepreneurship. However, the policies applied in non-core …

Economic globalisation refers to the shift of the world economy towards an increasingly
supranational functional integration co-ordinated by transnational corporations (TNCs)(D …

The cluster concept has become a popular guideline for regional policies fostering industrial
competitiveness and innovativeness based on sectoral specialization and collaboration …

What role do various kinds of proximity play in the current and projected development of
peripheral areas? In summarizing and drawing conclusions from this special issue on …

The knowledge economy appears to be problematic for old industrial regions, as lock-in and
restructuring remove assets for innovation from their territories, as well as for the kinds of …

This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI)
policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation …

Periods of ongoing growth in the economy and demographics have come to a halt for many
European regions for various reasons, challenging their economic development prospects …

Where Is the Value Added in the Cluster Approach? Hermeneutic Theorising, Economic
Geography and Clusters as a Multiperspectival Page 1 Where Is the Value Added in the Cluster …