The importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the in-creasing interest that scholars are … taking in studying knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The objective of this paper is to track the evolution of the … topic into three key conceptual dimensions: (i) knowledge; (ii) inno-vation and (iii) spatial proximity. The major …

As scientists and policymakers tend to interpret changes in the economy as a trend towards an increasingly knowledge … the knowledge flows in the region concerned. Knowledge flows come into existence from intentional action, but also in an … unintended way as externalities or knowledge spillovers. This paper reviews the ways regional and urban economics has dealt with …