P ORTER M. E. (2003) The economic performance of regions, Reg. Studies 37 , 549-578. This paper examines the basic facts about the regional economic performance, the composition of regional economies and the role of clusters in the US economy over period of 1990 to 2000. The performance of...

Arauzo-Carod J.-M. and Viladecans-Marsal E. Industrial location at the intra-metropolitan level: the role of agglomeration economies, Regional Studies. The objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of agglomeration economies on location decisions taken by new firms inside metropolitan...

Cruz S. C. S. and Teixeira A. A. C. The evolution of the cluster literature: shedding light on the regional studies-regional science debate, Regional Studies. Despite the intuitive awareness about the rising importance of the cluster literature, an empirical study on its precise magnitude and...

Spencer G. M., Vinodrai T., Gertler M. S. and Wolfe D. A. Do clusters make a difference? Defining and assessing their economic performance, Regional Studies. This paper contributes to the literature on cluster dynamics by developing a new methodology for identifying clusters that is not...

CLIFF A. D., HAGGETT P. and MARTIN R. L. (1997) Michael Chisholm: an appreciation, Reg. Studies 31, 205-210. Over the past 40 years, Michael Chisholm has made flundamental contributions both to economic geography and to its applications in government. This paper reviews the major areas of his...

Boschma R. A. (2004) Competitiveness of regions from an evolutionary perspective, Regional Studies38, 993-1006. Do regions compete, as firms do? How does one deal with the fact that regions, unlike organizations, are entities that do not act? Does it make sense to talk about the ability of...

R ICE P. and V ENABLES A. J. (2003) Equilibrium regional disparities: theory and British evidence, Reg. Studies 37 , 675-686. Regional inequalities in many countries, including the UK, are large and persistent. They show up in a number of economic variables, most of them endogenous, making it...

P ECK J. (2003) Fuzzy old world: a response to Markusen , Reg. Studies 37 , 729-740. Critical regional studies and economic geography have both taken "qualitative turns' over the past 15 years. The paper takes issue with the claim that this methodological shift has entailed declining standards...

Lagendijk A. (2006) Learning from conceptual flow in regional studies: framing present debates, unbracketing past debates, Regional Studies 40, 385-399. The field of regional studies is characterized by an intense flow of ideas and concepts, accompanying what can be described as a restless...

Vicente J., Balland P. A. and Brossard O. Getting into networks and clusters: evidence from the Midi-Pyrenean global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) collaboration network, Regional Studies. This paper analyses clusters from collaborative knowledge relations embedded in wider networks in a...