H<sc>uggins</sc> R. and S<sc>trakova</sc> L. Knowledge-based economic development in emerging regions: policy issues and implications in the Balkan Peninsula, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper analyses the policy implications related to the progression of three key emerging metropolitan regions in the Balkan Peninsula...

H<sc>uggins</sc> R. and K<sc>itagawa</sc> F. Regional policy and university knowledge transfer: perspectives from devolved regions in the UK, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper constitutes a policy analysis of university knowledge transfer-related initiatives in the devolved regions of Scotland and Wales. Both regions...

China's spectacular economic growth has been spatially uneven, with much development occurring in eastern coastal areas. In particular, three metropolitan ‘super-regions’ have become China's most competitive knowledge-based economies, consisting of the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River...

This paper positions the concept of regional competitiveness within theories concerning regional economic growth and stages of economic development. It examines the sources of regional competitiveness encompassing an analysis based on the particular stage of economic development that the nations...

This paper considers the link between competitiveness and a variety of measures of well-being at a place-based level. Drawing on empirical data from the UK, a strong link is generally found to exist, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between competitiveness and well-being across localities....

Harvard professor, Michael Porter has been one of the most influential figures in strategic management research over the last three decades. He infused a rigorous theoretical framework of industrial organization economics with the then still embryonic field of strategic management and elevated...