When studies of industrial organisation are informed by commodity chain, actor network, or global production network theories and focus on tracing commodity flows, social networks, or a combination of the two, they can easily overlook the less routine trans-sectoral associations that are crucial...

Executive summary: This report documents the continuing growth and transition of the Western Region identified in the 2004 report by the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (Sheehan and Wiseman 2004). It follows a number of reports about the Region (NIEIR 2004; LeadWest 2008), in each of which...

When studies of industrial organisation are informed by commodity chain, actor network or global production network theories and focus on tracing commodity flows, social networks or a combination of the two, they can easily overlook the less routine trans-sectoral associations that are crucial...

The roles of proximity and locale have been the subject of a growing literature on cross-organisational linkages in the field of Creative Industries. Research to date points to the importance of both community and network dynamics in these practices and their role in fostering group and...