This article analyses the Maritime Sector economic grow impact to Lithuania’s economy from a Cluster perspective. The potential competitive industry in Lithuania is on interest because Lithuanian expanding its connections whole European region, going beyond boundaries of anyone sector, supported by EU Strategic documents, but steps towards clustering still are tentative and negligible. Assessin...

This paper studies the spatial economic activity in Turkey and estimates the correlation between wages and consumer demand across NUTS1 regions of Turkey. First, I estimate simple market potential function to test whether closeness to larger markets has impact on wages. Second, I estimate Krugman (1993) economic geography model to see the agglomeration forces in Turkey. The results suggest that...

in more recent years, it has become increasingly recognized that r&d; (research and development) is a key driver of economic growth, a source of innovation and change, and as such stimulates improvements in productivity and economic competitiveness. it is closely associated with knowledge and flexibility, two factors that have gained new significance as a source of competitiveness in an increas...

Acknowledgement I would like to thank Tim Bunnel, Neil Coe, and Kris Olds for their very helpful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies. Abstract The "firm" has been a contested analytical category in economic geography. Much of neoclassical economic geography takes the firm as a self-contained and homogenous "black box" capable of producing economic outcomes in space. The radic...