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Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; R. Stough, Roger - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

proximity for knowledge generation and innovation is highlighted and instead it is stressed that relational, cognitive …, organizational, social and institutional proximities are not substitutes or complements to spatial proximity but that they are all … functions of the prevailing spatial proximity. Another important factor for interaction is social capital, which by fostering …

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Trade Liberalisation and Global-scale Forest Transition

González-Val, Rafael; Pueyo, Fernando - 2013

In this paper, we develop a theoretical model that provides an additional explanation for the forest transition based on a trade liberalisation scenario. Furthermore, in contrast with most explanations, in which the forest transition can only take place at a local level at the expense of other...

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The Effect of the Spanish Reconquest on Iberian Cities

Cuberes, David; González-Val, Rafael - 2015

This paper studies the effect of the Spanish Reconquest, a military campaign that aimed to expel the Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula, on the population of its most important cities. The almost four centuries of Reconquest offer a “quasi-natural” experiment to study the persistence of...

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Metropolitan Regions: Preconditions and Strategies for Growth and Development in the Global Economy

Klaesson, Johan; Johansson, Börje; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

The importance of metropolitan regions as national growth and development engines, and in particular as driving forces in national as well as global innovation processes is well recognized. This paper highlights the role of metropolitan regions in different contexts in order to lay a foundation...

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Regional Development and Knowledge

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

This paper focuses on the concept of knowledge and examines models depicting and explaining the role of knowledge in regional development and provides an assessment of empirical studies of how knowledge affects growth and development in functional regions. For this paper it is crucial to...

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The Global-Local Interplay of MNE and Non-MNE Firms

Johansson, Börje; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

During a sequence of decades we can observe a co-evolution of globalization through network formation of multinational (MNE) firms and concentration in specific places due to agglomerative forces. First, innovation ideas arrive at a faster speed to firms with past experience of innovation...

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Human Capital, Talent, Agglomeration and Regional Growth

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; Stough, Roger R. - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

This paper is an introductory overview highlighting some of the current knowledge as regards three critical questions related to the emerging knowledge economy: i) Why does human capital and talent tend to agglomerate in large urban regions?, ii) How does this agglomeration affect the location...

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Product Innovation, Export Entrepreneurship and Regional Characteristics - an analysis of innovation ideas in regions

Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

This paper focuses on how characteristics of regions pertaining to local information about product varieties and markets as well as networks for the transmission of information about innovation opportunities influence the arrival of innovation ideas to existing and potential entrepreneurs. We...

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Agglomeration Dynamics of Business Services

Klaesson, Johan; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

A major characteristic of the economic development in European and North America during the past 10-15 years is a fast expansion of the producer-service sector. This paper considers the location dynamics of two categories of firms: contact-intensive producer-service suppliers and other firms,...

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PRODUCT INNOVATION, EXPORT AND LOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

This paper introduces a model where new products are introduced by entrepreneurs or innovating firms in a quasi-temporal setting. Market conditions are characterized by monopolistic competition between varieties belonging to the same product group, where varieties can become obsolete over time...

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