K<sc>asabov</sc> E. and S<sc>undaram</sc> U. A stakeholder approach to branding clusters: pointers to a research agenda, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper addresses gaps in the research of clusters and place brands by proposing the analysis of clusters as place brands and arguing for the adoption of stakeholder...

The assumptions of some service-marketing theorists have recently been questioned in analyses of disciplining and compliance - defined as service providers' attempts to control interactions with customers by subtly influencing and manipulating customers' choices and behaviours, based on...

This paper is an account of the institutional mechanisms that have influenced business history in the early to late Middle Ages in the city of Coventry. The paper discusses socio-cultural, political, religious, and historical influences on the city's major trades during the era and incorporates...

This paper raises the problematic of devising evidence-based public policy for high-tech, knowledge-based communities which are critical to national innovation and competitiveness. By applying an established framework of policy analysis to a specific life-science and biotechnology community, and...

Kasabov E. Towards a theory of peripheral, early-stage clusters, Regional Studies. This paper attempts to contribute to a theory of clusters in the biotechnology sector with special reference to those operating at the periphery and away from major and established centres. It identifies causes of...

The study of clusters is an important area of academic research. Clusters are also an important tool for public sector economic development. Historically, many organically developed clusters were based around a community of like-minded people. This may have led to a commonly held assumption in...