The research in the topic of industrial districts has been focused on the identification of which industries are forming industrial districts and on the causes behind the development of the clusters. As well as there are historical and efficiency reasons that are behind the current configuration...

Urban systems, and regions more generally, are the epicenters of many of today's social issues. Yet they are also the global drivers of technological innovation and thus it is critical that we understand their vulnerabilities and what makes them resilient to different types of shocks. We take...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development -- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants -- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Interregional Migration: Reexamination of Population Redistribution in Russia at the late Soviet Period (Kazuhiro Kumo) -- Chapter 3. Clustering of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Russia Based on the Assessment of Knowledge Spillovers Localization (Tatyana...

This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development. Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies,...