This paper deals with the effects of the geographic concentration of economic activity on productivity through agglomeration economies. We split economic activity into information technology (IT)-related activity and all other activities. The main contribution of this paper is to measure and...

In this paper, we seek to establish "sequencing economics" in an architectural theory on agglomerations that are comprised of various segments, such as infrastructure, institutions and human resources. The sequencing of such segments is based on a causal chain, with the notion of "economies of...