Philip McCann

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors distinguish three ideal-typical models of processes which may underlie spatial concentrations of related activities, with very different implications both in terms of relevant evidence and the scope for promotional policies.

TL;DR: In this article, the debates regarding place-neutral versus place-based policies for economic development are examined in the context of how development policy thinking on the part of both scholars and international organizations has evolved over several decades, and the cases of the developing world and the European Union are used as examples of how in this changing context development intervention should increasingly focus on efficiency and social inclusion at the expense of an emphasis on territorial convergence.

TL;DR: McCann et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the smart specialization concept and explained the challenges involved in applying this originally sectoral concept to an explicitly spatial and regional setting, and the ways in which this might be achieved so as to make the concept suitable as a building block of a reformed European Union cohesion policy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the relationship between location patterns, innovation processes and industrial clusters and extend a transactions costs-based classification into a knowledge-based taxonomy of clusters, along with a critical revision of the main assumptions underlying most of the existing literature on spatial clusters.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explain the spatial economic underpinnings of the behaviour of urban and regional economies by adopting an explicitly spatial approach, and explain urban economics and regional economics within a single integrated framework.