language knowledge of low-educated migrants causes these results, as immigrants for whom themother tongue is similar to the …

detailed regional facilitating and driving factors related, inter alia, to talent, innovation, skills, networks, accessibility …

Knowledge triggers regional growth. Evidence suggests that skilled labour force concentrates in islands of innovation … increasing returns to knowledge, favouring the emergence of islands of innovation; regions with a high endowment of cognitive …, determining an advantage for innovative regions and a challenge for lagging ones. We address the role of knowledge in shaping …