Proximity, networks and regional development
Utrecht, the Netherlands
9 September 14.00 pm – 12 September 13.00 pm
4 November 14.00 pm – 7 November 13.00 pm  read more »

Local organizer:

• Ron Boschma (Utrecht University)

Hubs, clusters, or technopoles- whatever you call them, these special places are suppose to foster intense collaboration. But are there even more effective collaborative environments, and how would you recognize one?

DIME - EIB - AEA 2008 Workshop
April 7 2008, Izmir Turkey

Organized by: The Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University &
the European Investment Bank & the Aegean Exporters’ Associations  read more »

DIME – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2008 Workshop
April 15 2008, Be’er Sheva, Israel  read more »

The Sustainable Innovation Environments workshop held in Bilbao Spain on December 4, 2007 was a success. The day was co-sponsored by DIME & LABEIN Tecnalia. Participants included academics from the EU and abroad; business people from local, national and multinational firms; as well as policymakers from a range of organizations.

There are links to the presentations (to be updated soon) and pictures from the day below.
If you would like to receive more information regarding this workshop, or any future workshops, please contact juliel.porter[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @). Thank you for your interest.

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DIME – LABEIN Tecnalia 2007 Workshop
December 4, 2007, Bilbao Spain
Organized By:
Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University & LABEIN Tecnalia, Bilbao Spain  read more »

Emphasizing knowledge entrepreneurs in a SME standard, this article focuses on the attributes of knowledge entrepreneurs while identifying key businesses that fit this description and their locations worldwide. This article was recently published in CESifo Forum 2007/2.

This workshop is part of the Structural Activity Line 3 of the DIME Network of Excellence and focuses particularly on the impact of diversification within various sectors ranging from previously highly industrialized regions to agro-food regions.  read more »

New : Conference programme - Website - Online registration  read more »

This paper discusses the relative performance of two of the larger European healthcare biotechnology economies, Germany and the UK. It updates to 2006 material first gathered in the late 1990s showing longitudinally the evolutionary trajectories in the main biotechnology clusters of the two countries.

UPDATE : papers and presentations  read more »

The workshop aims to provide a forum to enable practitioners and researchers to discuss their experiences in order to contribute a better theoretical and practical understanding of modularity and open innovation.  read more »

RAL3 of DIME has created a dataset on regional development and innovation in the EU. This dataset is available for DIME researchers to work with.

A comparative analysis of the biotechnology clusters located in Cardiff, Wales; Washington DC and its surrounding metropolitan area; and Cambridge, UK to determine whether the cluster effect occuring at these locations is advancing the regional gentrification efforts.

The focus of this paper is the creative industries and the formation of systems composed of creative businesses that interact with each other. The potential for creative industry systems to assemble is heightening with creative businesses no longer just ‘filling the gaps’ between biotechnology buildings in high-tech parks....