This wide-ranging Handbook is the first major compilation of the theoretical and empirical research that is forging the new and exciting paradigm of evolutionary economic geography.

Research organizations within enterprises and universities are part of a (regional) innovation system (RIS). An important question concerns the nature of the relation between an RIS and regional economic growth. To be more specific: how to organize the transfer of information and knowledge? How...

Innovation, as a concept, was introduced by Schumpeter to denote the introduction of five kinds of possible new approaches by entrepreneurs. The concepts of entrepreneurship and innovation have long been disregarded in static mainstream economics. Due to the acceptance of complexity and...

In a society with dispersed knowledge, entrepreneurs have to identify opportunities, recognize them as relevant, and match them with (demand) preferences, technological feasibilities, and their own skills. According to Austrian theory, this is done on a subjective basis: different people not...

Knowledge is considered as a main source of economic growth for nations and regions. It is the basis for technological development and for increasing the productivity of capital and labour. This paper explores the question whether urban regions offer effective contexts for the development of...

In this article a theoretical framework will be presented to aid understanding of the functioning of property markets, more particularly the Dutch property market. It will be argued that traditional urban economic theories are not able to explain the structure and processes of the built...

Regional economic analysis relies heavily on the concept of knowledge spillovers to explain economic development. But this concept is too limited since it does not explain the actual transfer of knowledge. That requires looking into social networks and social capital in order to explain the flow...