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Does Related variety matter for Creative Industries?
Lazzeretti, Luciana; Innocenti, Niccolò; Capone, Francesco - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2015
factors of economic growth considering the need for a local system to have a certain degree of cognitive proximity, so as to … investigate the role and importance of related and unrelated variety within creative industries for local economic growth. The … study focuses on employment growth at provincial level during a long run period 1991-2011 in Italy. Results suggests that …
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Innovation in creative cities: Evidence from British small firms
Lee, Neil; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
Creative cities are seen as important sites for the generation of new ideas, products and processes. Yet, beyond case studies of a few high-profile cities, there is little empirical evidence on the link between local creative industries concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap...
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The Technological Resilience of U.S. Cities
Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Rigby, David; Boschma, Ron - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
technological crisis as periods of sustained negative growth in patenting activity. We find that the frequency, intensity and …
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Do spinoff dynamics or agglomeration externalities drive industry clustering? A reappraisal of Steven Klepper’s work
Boschma, Ron - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
Klepper’s theory of industry clustering based on organizational reproduction and inheritance through spinoffs challenged the Marshallian view on industry clustering. The paper provides an assessment of Klepper’s theoretical and empirical work on industry clustering. We explore how ‘new’...
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Neighbor regions as the source of new industries
Boschma, Ron; Martín, Víctor; Minondo, Asier - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2015
The development of new industries demands access to local capabilities. Little attention has yet been paid to the role of spillovers from neighbor regions for industrial diversification, nor has the role of network linkages between neighbor regions been investigated. As the spread of...
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Innovation in Russia: the territorial dimension
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Jaax, Alexander - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2015
The debate on Russia’s innovation performance has paid little attention to the role of geography. This paper addresses this gap by applying an ‘augmented’ regional knowledge function approach to examine the territorial dynamics of innovation in Russia. The empirical results suggest that...
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Divide to conquer? The Silicon Valley - Boston 128 case revisited
Press, Kerstin - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2006
develops a simulation model able to test to what extent decentralised, networked clusters with many small firms (Silicon Valley …) can be more adjustable than those composed of fewer, large companies (Boston 128). The model finds that for limited …
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Regional Path-Dependence in Start-up Activity
Brenner, Thomas; Fornahl, Dirk - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of an existing industrial structure in a region on the number of start-ups in this region. The aim is to detect path-dependencies in the regional industry structure. To this end we study empirically the regional factors that influence start-up rates. The approach...
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Beyond clusters: Fostering innovation through a differentiated and combined network approach
Visser, Evert-Jan; Atzema, Oedzge - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2007
enhancing innovation and stimulating economic growth may be more efficient and effective, especially though not exclusively in …
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Creative Destruction and Regional Productivity Growth: Evidence from the Dutch Manufacturing and Services Industries
Bosma, Niels; Stam, Erik; Schutjens, Veronique - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008
of firm entry and exit on the competitiveness of regions, measured by Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth. Based on a … growth in services, but not in manufacturing. The positive impact found in services does not necessarily imply that new firms …
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