... education units). Research limitations/implications The main contribution of the study encompasses the call that regional institutional characteristics are part of knowledge guidelines on regional development and institutional environments for entrepreneurship. In this sense, the paper contributes...

... development RIS3 Today’s global economy is increasingly dependent on innovation to solve its growth and sustainability problems. Similarly, innovation and regional development is a concern for most countries and consequently for their regions. In this context, smart specialization became a prominent...

... Regional development Small to medium-sized enterprises Case study © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 RQ1. How is the aerospace cluster in the Spokane region developing? Before these developments are discussed, the next section describes the theoretical background...

.... They have lower wages, lower productivity and do not generate spillovers like traded clusters. They are dispersed relatively evenly across all jurisdictions in a country. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Creativity Cities Occupations Regional development Clusters Metros...

..., and convention destination); to develop an analytical framework to examine the impacts of both cluster and network effects in service clusters; and to offer implications for managing service innovation to enhance regional development and global competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach By applying...

... Garrido Azevedo can be contacted at: sazevedo@ubi.pt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Portugal Cluster analysis Regional development Competitive strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Innovation Regional innovation system Case study There is broad evidence that small...

... at: peter.zettinig@tse.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Cluster analysis Government policy Regional development Economic sectors Bio‐refinery cluster Process theory Event‐driven method Balancing of exploration and exploitation Over the last two decades, the study of clusters has...

...M. Bengtsson; T.L. Wilson; Heléne Lundberg Purpose Clusters and networks have become cornerstones of regional development efforts. This paper discusses the ability of regional strategic networks (RSN) to bring about cluster effects and how structural factors will affect performance of RSNs...

...Thomas W. Falcone; Timothy L. Wilson Purpose This paper describes the proactive culture of support that has been effective in the regional development of a semi‐rural area. Design/methodology/approach Information used in this paper came predominately from participative case studies accompanied...

..., the model is stripped of unnecessary detail, but it retains features sufficient to serve our more general purposes. The major features of the model are as follows: Michael F. Williams can be contacted at: mfwilliams@pvamu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Taxation Regional...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 European Union Regional development Geographic regions Economic development Cluster analysis Recent research has shown that regional clusters of interlinked industries, organizations and institutions act as a fertile ground for innovation...