Irresistible forces for increased labor mobility -- The fifth irresistible force : ghosts and zombies -- Immovable ideas : myths and truths -- Accommodating forces and ideas to achieve development-friendly labor -- Mobility -- Conclusion : let their people come

Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and...