Korea’s industrial robot sector is now the world’s fifth-largest, aided by systematic and consistentgovernment policy over the past decade. It is still heavily reliant on imports for key parts however,and the industry is fragmented, consisting of many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in...

The Top Technology Region/Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (TTR-ELAt) is an initiative to support cross-border collaboration in a densely populated network of small and medium-sized cities located at the heart of western Europe with an annual economic output of USD 244 billion. The collaboration...

This paper aims to elaborate the role of agglomeration effects on countries' competitiveness and entrepreneurial performance. Our research contributes to the understanding of the relationship that exists between a country's urban system characterized by spatial agglomeration (concentration) or...

Empirical evidence suggests that top players often play together in one team. Based on the "O-ring theory" (Kremer 1993) a Zidane clustering theorem is derived. It is argued that the best midfielder is most efficiently allocated when combined with an ace striker, and vice versa. This implies...

Introduction -- The origin and reality of the knowledge-based economy -- Knowledge-based capacity of best performing regions -- Networks and clusters -- Knowledge clusters and their evolution -- Nurturing and attracting talent -- Managing network capital and innovation -- But what about the...

Our main objective with this paper is to propose a scoreboard useful to assess clusters’ competitiveness in a knowledge-based economy. Our scoreboard is grounded on the concept of ecology of value. This concept highlights that the competitiveness of a network of small and medium enterprises...

This paper advances a dynamic rationale for competitiveness policy that focuses on an economy's ability to evolve in order to achieve high real incomes along with desired qualitative changes in the socio-economic system. It highlights that the ubiquitous 'rationalities of failure,' either of...

This manuscript acts solely as a brief and concise summary on the research carried out during the ÚNKP-17-3 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities in a clear and transparent manuscript format. During my Scholarship the main focus of my research topic revolved around...