This paper aims to analyse how innovative, individual activities influence the evolution of local industries according to three stages. When discussing the evolution of industries or economies, the concept of path dependency is often a central element. Its vague nature makes it however difficult...

This paper offers insights into the role for regional science and regional scientists in analyzing shale-energy development. The stories described are drawn from popular press accounts of the Bakken Basin in North Dakota and the dry-gas-producing counties of the Marcellus Shale in Northern and...

Efforts in according to strengthening the economic development of rural areas are comprehensive, given the largeness of its tourist value, viewed from economically, environmentally, socially and culturally. It is understandable that the initiation of such potential and especially keeping its,...