Recently there has been growing interest in local industrial agglomeration and specialisation, by economic geographers, economists and policy-makers. Michael Porter's work on 'clusters' has proved by far the most influential to have emerged. His 'cluster theory' has become the standard concept...

CLIFF A. D., HAGGETT P. and MARTIN R. L. (1997) Michael Chisholm: an appreciation, Reg. Studies 31, 205-210. Over the past 40 years, Michael Chisholm has made flundamental contributions both to economic geography and to its applications in government. This paper reviews the major areas of his...

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Martin R. and Tyler P. (2006) Evaluating the impact of the Structural Funds on Objective 1 regions: an exploratory discussion, Regional Studies 40, 201-210. Evaluation evidence on the impact of the Structural Funds on employment in Objective 1 regions remains elusive. This paper seeks to make a...

<title/> MARTIN R. and TYLER P.(2000) Regional employment evolutions in the European Union: a preliminary analysis, Reg. Studies 34, 601-616. In recent years there has been considerable interest by academics and policy makers in comparing the employment performance of the European Union with that of the...