KEEBLE D. and WILKINSON F. (1999) Collective learning and knowledge development in the evolution of regional clusters of high technology SMEs in Europe, Reg. Studies 33 , 295-303 . This paper outlines the aims and objectives of the TSER Network on Networks, Collective Learning and Research and...

KEEBLE D. (1997) Small firms, innovation and regional development in Britain in the 1990s, Reg. Studies 31, 281-293. This paper analyses regional variations in the growth, innovativeness and other performance characteristics during the 1990s of a sample of 1,000 small and medium sized...

A key feature of the South East regional economy in recent decades has been the development of several intermediate markets in specialized business services. This article investigates whether the greater development of specialized markets in the South East is associated with different...

The paper documents, for the first time at the European Community scale, a relative shift of manufacturing industry from highly urbanised to rural regions during the 1970s. This shift is evident in terms of GDP, industrial output and manufacturing employment, and has occurred despite an urban...

KEEBLE D., LAWSON C., MOORE B. and WILKINSON F. (1999) Collective learning processes, networking and 'institutional thickness' in the Cambridge region, Reg. Studies 33 , 319-332 . The paper investigates the nature and extent of regional collective learning processes and networking by innovative,...

This empirical paper investigates the impact of different sources of increasing returns on firm innovative behaviour in different regions of the UK. Of the different sources of increasing returns, the impact of intermediation and the emergence of specialized markets on the probability of...

This study examines the operations of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in clusters in an effort to gain insight into the impact of cluster participation on the organisation of international activities and the generation of competitive advantages. Drawing upon the theories of international...