B<sc>oschma</sc> R., E<sc>riksson</sc> R. H. and L<sc>indgren</sc> U. Labour market externalities and regional growth in Sweden: the importance of labour mobility between skill-related industries, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study investigates the relationship between labour market externalities and regional growth based on...

E<sc>riksson</sc> R. H., H<sc>ansen</sc> H. K. and L<sc>indgren</sc> U. The importance of business climate and people climate on regional performance, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Creativity and talent are considered key factors in regional development due to the connection between growth, city-regions and human capital. To come to...

The aim of this paper is to analyse whether employment growth is faster in regions housing a university compared to non-university regions. We argue that universities per se are less likely to trigger externalities that facilitate employment growth. Instead, we propose that it depends on the...

This paper aims to shed some light on the influence of geographical proximity on both intra- and inter-industry spillovers by elaborating on the geographical dimension of both localised spillovers and inter-firm knowledge flows. By means of a unique longitudinal micro-database with information...

This paper interprets and measures changes in the rate of profit in Canadian manufacturing over the period 1950-1981. The interpretation stresses endogenous forces that lead to a rising real wage and a rising technical composition of capital, two trends amply confirmed by the evidence. These...

Productivity levels and productivity growth rates vary significantly over space. These differences are perhaps most pronounced between countries, but they remain acutely evident within national spaces as economic growth favors some cities and regions and not others. In this paper, we map the...

Change in evolutionary economics is predicated on the creative destruction of variety. Despite the importance of the concept of variety, or heterogeneity, in evolutionary economic theory, empirical work that examines the character of variety - its extent and its persistence - is still scarce....

We study the resilience of cities by analyzing their capacity to sustain the production of technology when facing adverse events. Patent applications for 366 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, spanning the period 1975 to 2002, are used to analyze the vulnerability and response of cities to...