Clusters are considered an adequate tool for development by governments and international organizations. Existing … clusters in Asia, we highlight significant industrial differences in the relative importance of the cluster soft and hard …

their embeddedness in local business networks, as factors that positively affect their learning and innovation processes … process of learning and innovation in clusters. This paper contributes to this latter direction of research. It applies social …Most of the studies about industrial clusters and innovation stress the importance of firms’ geographical proximity and …

competing on innovation in the global value chain; special attention is paid to clustered SMEs. By comparing 4 clusters in …This paper is concerned with unpacking the role of clusters in supporting the move from competing on low-costs to … different industries in Asia, we highlight significant differences in the learning paths of clustered SMEs. The paper …

forefront of the current debate in cluster studies, the discussion has not yet permeated the research on cultural clusters. The …

evidence of higher wages and employment stability for those with more employed friends, which is consistent with networks …

integration along ethno-linguistic lines was driven by the formation of ethno-linguistic networks. Finally, the analysis shows …

We study the structure of the interregional inventor networks in Sweden by examining the residence of inventors and …

generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in the field. We find that networks of different dimensions differ … substantially in density, clustering, and centrality. When relating generosity to networks we observe that social distance only …

We derive the optimal monetary policy in a sticky price model when private agents follow adaptive learning. We show … order to facilitate private sector learning and thus ease the future intratemporal inflation-output gap trade-offs. The … policy recommendation is robust: the welfare loss entailed by the optimal policy under learning if the private sector …

. Learning played a major role in individuals achieving what was referred to as complete rationality. I draw on these ideas, and …