The health and performance of the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector is crucial to regional and national economies of most developed countries (Jones, Macpherson and Thorpe, 2010; Thorpe, Cope, Ram and Pedler, 2009). In recognition of this, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been...

The emergence, from the 1960s on, of a new spatial division of labor – with the old task-based division of labor within a firm taking on a spatial dimension, and comparative advantage increasingly shaping patterns of specialization by function/process as well as by sector/product – reflected...

This report considers the potential/appropriate role for local authorities (LAs) in relation to the downturn phase of the current recession. It focuses on the most valuable functions which they can fulfil in this context, and takes a cautious view about the potential for extending any boost to...

London and New York entered a new era of development in the early 1980s, with a period of growth continuing despite some fluctuations continued at least up to the financial crisis 2008. This continuity resulted from a combination the expanding role of financial capital in a globalizing economy,...

Recent contributions to the literature on small firm growth have been marked by a growing sense of frustration with the state-of-the-art and what it implicates in both theory and policy. In short, while growth events appear relatively common, a tiny proportion of firms sustain growth and...

It has been widely argued that networks are critical for innovative firms. In the effort to support the growth of these firms, incubators seem to institutionalize support by having systems in place to encourage networking and help firms develop networks with other tenants and potential business...

This paper looks to broaden understanding about the networks of firms located in Business Incubators (BIs). To achieve this objective, a framework for understanding the networks of incubator firms was constructed. We argue that networks at incubators can be seen in two dimensions. In the first...