This handbook brings together a group of leading scholars, thinkers, policy makers, and business leaders to identify, articulate, and analyse what influences and shapes local competitiveness and what places can do to enhance their economic performance.

'It is obvious that cities have long been the focus of analysis by the scholars and practitioners whose writings published in the KreslSobrino Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies. The depth and excellence of the numerous topics examined reflects effective networking...