This paper investigates the origin and evolution of the concept of the industrial district. The idea of industrial district is quite widespread in modern industrial economics and in business studies, with a variety of meanings and typologies. Indeed the real original conceptualisation dates back...

The relationship between industrial structure and economic performance has long interested researchers in regional science, industrial economics, and economic development. Research on the subject, however, has largely overlooked the influence that regional industrial dominance-regional...

Using panel data from a sample covering 30 industrial sectors in 29 Chinese provinces (excluding Tibet) over the 1988 to 1997 period, this paper highlights the relation between regional industrial structure and performance distribution in terms of growth. The influence of two types of variables...

In this study indicators of agglomeration economies and their effect on entrepreneurship in the ICT industry are analysed in diverse urban contexts. Agglomeration economies have a stronger impact on new firm formation than on the growth of incumbent firms. Concentration and diversity both have a...

The emerging middle class has become a force of great economic importance in consumer markets around the globe. This paper examines the impact of a substantial rise in Brazil's living standards on the development of the country's large soft-drink market, during a period which saw unprecedented...

The importance within the literature: Over recent years the theory of complex systems has been developed and applied among other things to economic and regional science (Allen, 1997). It leads to a view of co-evolutionary, spatial dynamics that is far from the traditional, and operational,...

Assessments of the relationship among law, innovation, and economic growth often begin with one or more propositions of law or law practice and predict how changes might affect innovation or business practice. This approach is problematic when applied to questions of regional economic...

We present the first objective evidence on how COVID-19 lockdowns affected internet browser usage in Africa, using detailed digital trace data on PC-based and mobile-based browsing patterns of 316 Kenyans who had access to a PC, covering the period before and during Kenya's first national...

Lao PDR has shown a strong record of economic growth and poverty alleviation since the early 1990s. Yet, the pace of economic development has varied significantly between different parts of the country - the rate of growth was initially faster in more developed areas, but after the mid-1990s...