This volume provides a collection of theoretical articles and empirical studies on innovation and location by focusing on the institutions and systems that mediate knowledge spillovers. The objective is to provide an international comparison using a variety of approaches. The volume is organized...

Minority-owned banks have a mission to promote economic well-being in their communities. In particular, specialization in lending based on a central mechanism of shared-minority identity can yield an advantage in serving community needs through times of financial and economic crises. To test...

Minority-owned banks have a mission to promote economic wellbeing in their communities. In particular, specialization in lending based on a central mechanism of shared-minority-identity can yield an advantage in serving community needs through times of financial and economic crises. To test this...

Economic geography: transition and growth / Gordon L. Clark, Maryann P. Feldman and Meric S. Gertler -- Economic geography: the great half-century / Allen J. Scott -- Where in the world is the 'new economic geography'? / Paul Krugman -- Doing regulation / Jamie Peck -- The new economics of urban...

Capitalism is a powerful engine that requires finance. Private equity is part of the neoliberal transformation of capitalism that has failed the average citizen and unleashed a tsunami of leveraged acquisitions that have destroyed entire sectors of our economy. Private equity has become a...