Regional specifics reveal in differences in economic activity and structure, the institutional, socio-economic and cultural environment and not least in the capability of regions to create new knowledge and to generate innovations. Focusing on the regional level, this paper for three Australian territories (New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland) explores patterns of innovative activities in ...

MARKANTONI M., KOSTER S. and STRIJKER, D. Diversification of economic activities in rural areas is a prominent theme in regional development studies. This article examines the expectations of the side activities’ owners about the future development of their activities. From a policy point of view, these activities may have spatial and economic effects on rural areas. The main conclusion is that...

Whether diversity or specialization of economic activity better promotes technological change and subsequent economic growth has been the subject of a heated debate in the economics literature. The purpose of this paper is to consider the effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within a narrow concentrated set of econ...