El objetivo de la presente investigación es estudiar la geografía económica de la región de la Orinoquia, así como su patrón espacial de asentamiento poblacional y uso del suelo. La Orinoquia es una extensa región al sureste de Colombia, que se extiende entre las estribaciones de la...

The present essay argues about increasing both, the university pertinence, and the local economic development by creating a new type of firm called “meso-enterprise”. The meso-enterprise is characterized by being an independent and hierarchical organization; depending on knowledge an...

We examine whether discretionary government grants influence the location of new plants, and how effective these incentives are in the presence of agglomeration and urbanisation externalities. We find evidence that regional industrial structure affects the location of new entrants. Firms in more...

We develop a two-region, two sector model with migration and public investment in infrastructure and education. In a numerical example calibrated to Portugal, we find that the structural funds can improve the growth rate of the lagging region and slightly reduce the regional inequality, without...

This paper aims to contribute to the empirical identification of clusters by proposing methodological issues based on network analysis. We start with the detection of a composite knowledge process rather than a territorial one stricto sensu. Such a consideration allows us to avoid the...

The purpose of this work is to empirically study the importance of agglomeration economies in the selection of geographical zones in which foreign investors are willing to develop their investment projects in Chile. For this purpose a discrete choice model, te conditional logit model (CLM),...

Interregional spillover effects are central to China’s growth policy; yet relatively little is known about the strength and duration of these spillovers and whether their characteristics have changed over time. This paper examines the spillover of output between the three commonly-used regions...

As theoretical studies on industrial clusters have progressed, many researchers have focused on identifying clusters in various regions in different national economies. The emphasis has generally been to identify potential clusters, upon which a policy of sustainable development can be...

The aim of this study is to determine where the Turkish manufacturing industry tend to concentrate and by finding out the direction of this tendency to provide a ground in order to contribute to the realizations of regional policies of Turkey. Turkey’s regions are examined within the context...

This paper aims at developing a theoretical and empirical analysis of the factors affecting the demand of the tourist sector in the Comunidad Valenciana. We develop a study in line with the approach of the economic geography theory. Firms belonging to the tourist sector concentrate around...