In this paper we contribute to the longstanding discussion on the role of knowledge to economic growth in a spatial context. We observe that in adopting the European policy strategy towards a competitive knowledge economy, The Netherlands is – as most European countries - mainly oriented...

This paper analyses the effect of knowledge spillovers from academic research on regional innovation. Spillovers are localized to the extent that the underlying mechanisms are geographically bounded. However, university-industry collaboration - as one of the carriers of knowledge spillovers - is...

In economic agglomeration studies, the distinction of various externalities circumstances related to knowledge spillovers remains largely unclear. This paper introduces human capital, innovation and several types of entrepreneurship as potential drivers of regional economic performance with an...

Innovation arises from multilevel interactions. Many factors at various levels of aggregation chip in. Not only individual characteristics, resources and capabilities of firms, but also framework conditions within which they operate matter for their success in the innovation process. Admittedly...

The use of information and communication technologies to develop services for optimizing urban networks (energy, water, transport ...) and develop new services such as urban mobility services is one of the most promising area of territorial innovations. This is the field of smart cities. But...

We analyze the impact of the establishment of a GBP 380 million basic scienti_x000C_fic research facility in the UK on the geographical distribution of related research. We investigate whether the siting of the Diamond Light Source, a 3rd generation synchrotron light source, in Oxfordshire...

The influence of general economic and fiscal policy is in recent years more significant than ever. Tight budgets sets limits on public spending in general and on regional development in particular, both with regard to programs specifically targeted on regional issue, but often also indirect due...

Northern territories (including the Arctic) occupy over 80% of Russian area. Development of these regions is based on ?resource? model, while other approaches have been ignored because of severe environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to assess an ability of northern regions to...

One of the most important determinants of national and regional competitiveness are innovations. Innovations treated as the process of building, development and exploitation of new ideas, methods and technologies influence competitiveness in two ways. Firstly, they change organizational...

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...