In nearly all human musical traditions, repetitive patterns of amplitude are employed to create specific rhythms. Interactions between multiple rhythmic signals (instruments) can give rise to a phenomenon known as the “groove” — a pronounced cycle of fluctuating loudness and/or timing,...

In 1988, James Coleman observed that “social capital is defined by its function. It is not a single entity but a variety of different entities, with two elements in common: they all consist of some aspect of social structures, and they facilitate certain actions of actors-whether persons or...

While the literature on agglomeration externalities has emphasized the competitive and productivity benefits associated with the concentration and co-location of related industries – i.e., industry clusters – the research is sparse on whether regions with specialized industry clusters...

The literature suggests that knowledge production intensity depends upon the geographic proximity of knowledge and information sources. On the other hand, there have been arguments that the rapid development of communication technologies would reduce the importance of proximity to the production...