A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Agglomeration economies, interregional commuting and innovation in the peripheries
Regional development and innovation are often studied in the context of agglomeration economies, leading to a perception bias regarding the virtues of cities. Recent work on interregional connectivity has explored alternative mechanisms for economic growth, such as borrowed size and regional embeddedness, but there are limited studies examining these in the context of peripheries. The paper addresses this by examining the spatial relations of industry, commuting and agglomeration to innovation in Japan peripheries, finding dynamics between and within communities vary in how these factors increase innovation. Such understandings are critical in policy redressing core–periphery imbalances and industry competitiveness.
Agglomeration economies, interregional commuting and innovation in the peripheries
Regional development and innovation are often studied in the context of agglomeration economies, leading to a perception bias regarding the virtues of cities. Recent work on interregional connectivity has explored alternative mechanisms for economic growth, such as borrowed size and regional embeddedness, but there are limited studies examining these in the context of peripheries. The paper addresses this by examining the spatial relations of industry, commuting and agglomeration to innovation in Japan peripheries, finding dynamics between and within communities vary in how these factors increase innovation. Such understandings are critical in policy redressing core–periphery imbalances and industry competitiveness.
Agglomeration economies, interregional commuting and innovation in the peripheries
Martinus, Kirsten (author) / Suzuki, Jun (author) / Bossaghzadeh, Shabnam (author)
Regional Studies ; 54 ; 776-788
2020-06-02
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
innovation , economic geography , regional development policy , periphery , labour commuting , Japan , O1 , O2 , O40
| Elsevier | 2025
Product development, innovation networks, infrastructure and agglomeration economies
| Online Contents | 1997
Peripheries against Peripheries? Against Spatial Reification
| TIBKAT | 2019
Guest editorial: Innovation in peripheries and borderlands
| Elsevier | 2020