State incentive granting for the purpose of firm retention or recruitment remains highly controversial and is often portrayed as antithetical to long-range economic development planning. This paper uses quasi-experimental methods to measure the impact of state-level economic development...

Lowe N. J. and Gertler M. S. Building on diversity: institutional foundations of hybrid strategies in Toronto's life sciences complex, Regional Studies. Geographical studies of innovation typically examine the impact of regional institutions on new product and process development. This study...

This paper provides an interpretative history of the early genesis of biotechnology in Cambridge and attempts to reconcile how the 1976 adoption of the most restrictive biosafety ordinance in the US created an unexpected business friendly environment that subsequently anchored the industry. The...

Knowledge flows associated with international migration and their relationship to economic development have garnered increasing attention. Regardless of whether these accounts focus on "brain drain," "gain" or "circulation," they tend to focus narrowly on knowledge acquired through formal...