Este artigo tem como objectivo a avaliação do policentrismo funcional dos municípios do continente Português. Para a concretização deste propósito, desenvolveu-se uma análise crítica dos conceitos de policentrismo e de policentrismo funcional cujos pressupostos orientam grande parte das...

This critical review focuses on the development of spatial competition models in which the location choice by firms plays a major role. Therefore, after a brief review of the roots of spatial competition modeling, this paper intends to offer a critical analysis over its recent developments. The...

The construction of formal models that deal with space observed a huge increase since the late 1980s. As Fujita et al. (1999) stress, the field of regional economics experienced a revival with the emergence of new analytical tools such as the diffusion of imperfect competition models, networks...

This paper studies the relations between micro credit and territory, assuming that micro credit is an important instrument for fighting against poverty and social exclusion. Based on a micro-level database provided by ANDC (Associação Nacional de Direito ao Crédito), we developed a...

In this work we analyze the evolving dynamics of different collaboration network strategies that emerge from the creation and diffusion of knowledge. In addition, we aim at describing their most relevant network properties over time. An evolutionary economic approach has been adopted by avoiding...

In this study, we analyze firms’ membership in R&D (Research and Development) cooperation networks. Our main research hypothesis is that the membership in cooperation networks is related to the degree of the knowledge spillover. The approach focus on both cost symmetry and cost asymmetry. For...

This paper aims at explaining if firms's decision about location revises when firms cooperate or compete in R&D. For that purpose, it is proposed a three-stage game amongst three firms where each firm decides about location, R&D and output. Firms' decision about location determines a R&D...