The fast pace of global economic integration and the spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have substantial distributional and structural implications which, despite their relevance, are not sufficiently recognised at the policy level. The present work explores these issues through a literature review of scholarly and policy makers' contributions.  read more »

The ‘knowledge economy’ is now widely debated and economic geographers have highlighted the ‘new regions’ ability to produce and disseminate tacit knowledge. However, there is concern that such work is responsible for the unfounded association of tacit knowledge with solely the local scale.  read more »