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Accessibility: an underused analytical and empirical tool in spatial economics

Gråsjö, Urban; Karlsson, Charlie - In: Accessibility and Spatial Interaction

Accessibility has for many years been a widely used tool in transportation research. Many definitions have been suggested and researchers have constructed numerous mathematical formulations to measure its value in order to be able to evaluate the relationships between the nature of the transport...

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Clusters, Networks and Creativity

Karlsson, Charlie - In: Handbook of Creative Cities

nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology …

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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Economic Geography

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from …, human and cultural geography, and economic history. The resulting handbook covers a broad spectrum of methodologies and … approaches applicable in analyses pertaining to the geography of economic activities and economic outcomes. …

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Geography and Growth

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

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Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Management

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); Flensburg, Per (contributor) - Edward Elgar

This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms’ capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is such that the knowledge involved in their creation is...

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Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage

Johansson, Börje (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

This book analyses the conception of economic development in modern regions, which has gone through a fundamental change since the early 1980s. Regions are today increasingly looked upon as independent market places that are connected via interregional and international trade and not as...

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The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

The changing face of infrastructure facilities management worldwide is characterised by high demand for investments in renewal and maintenance, governmental budget constraints and innovations in information systems. The authors highlight the growing demand for accurate, complete and continuous...

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Industrial Clusters and Inter-Firm Networks

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of spatial industrial clusters and inter-firm networks. Given the prevailing political belief that clusters can be a major vehicle for economic development and growth, it is important to have a sound understanding of clusters and how they emerge,...

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Knowledge, Innovation and Space

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

The contributions in this volume extend our understanding about the different ways distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process which can then transform it into an economically useful output such as prototypes, patents, licences...

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Media Clusters

Karlsson, Charlie (contributor); … - Edward Elgar

This impressive new book uniquely focuses on the phenomenon of media clusters and is designed to inform policy makers, scholars, and media practitioners about the underlying challenges of media firm agglomerations, their potential, and their effects.

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