based on a model that integrates different kinds of diversity measures aiming at capturing Jacobs externalities, a … production specialisation measure aiming at capturing Marshall-Arrow-Romer (MAR) externalities and regions as well as sector … that both kinds of externalities significantly influence innovation, although the influence of Jacobs externalities is more …

A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their ideal production process by making …

specialisation and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of the firms and people in them, change …

This paper examines the effects of specialisation (within-sector clustering) and diversity (between-sector clustering … clusters of business services firms. A standard deviation increase in business services specialisation leads to on average a 40 …, not necessarily business services firms, so diversity is negatively related to location decisions. Almost all firms either …

This paper examines the effects of specialisation (within-sector clustering) and diversity (between-sector clustering … clusters of business services firms. A standard deviation increase in business services specialisation leads to on average a 40 …, not necessarily business services firms, so diversity is negatively related to location decisions. Almost all firms either …

innovation activities of the German states, and, on the other hand, with their technological and economic specialisations …

This paper examines the arguments underpinning the smart specialisation concept, an idea which originally emerged from … interpretation and implications. The outcomes of this are that in a regional policy setting the smart specialisation logic is seen to …

not, as countries are the latter being strongly path-dependent since innovation and production systems remain deeply …

chose this industry to link the specialisation of workers to their productive power. Based on this example, it is possible …