Spatial proximity facilitates transfer of knowledge and technology between research institutes or universities (RIU) and firms. Against this background the location of research institutions and universities is often seen as an instrument of regional policy to promote knowledge flows and R&D...

The effect of regulation on a dominant firm to protect fringe firms in a local market -- Corporate taxation and regional economic development in Japan: A panel analysis of prefectural-level data -- Economies of scale and culmulative causation -- Firms' human resource management for local economy...