Studying inter-regional knowledge exchange has recently shifted to a more systematic analysis of knowledge exchange mechanisms between networks of groups of actors, which have seen a rapid growth in number and impact. Although arbitrary or top-down decisions on network membership can result in...

A large part of the recent research and theoretical debate in economic geography underlines the central role of networks and relational perspectives. Although networks and their social dimension are recognised as central to the regional economic development, often the focus of research is in the...