<Para ID="Par1">In this paper, we first apply the methods of exploratory spatial data analysis and investigate the geographical concentration of interrelated growing industries, or “growth clusters,” by using data from the Nagoya metropolitan area in Japan over the period 1986–2006. Second, by applying...</para>

The importance of network structures for the transmission of knowledge and the diffusion of technological change has been recently emphasized in economic geography. Since network structures drive the innovative and economic performance of actors in regional contexts, it is crucial to explain how...