Examines whether the relationship between small firms and university-based research is the reason that small firms are more innovative and produce more significant innovations than large firms. Data for this analysis were collected from 209 firms in the manufacturing industry, identified through...

This essay reacts to the idea of crisis implied in earlier reviews of regional science and suggests that ongoing methodological debates in the fields of geography and economics provide many opportunities for regional scientists. The recent shift away from spatial analysis to social theory in...