Regional Studies is a leading international journal covering the development of theories and concepts, empirical analysis and policy debate in the field of regional studies. The journal publishes original research spanning the economic, social, political and environmental dimensions of urban and regional (subnational) change. The distinctive purpose of Regional Studies is to connect insights across intellectual disciplines in a systematic and grounded way to understand how and why regions and cities evolve. It publishes research that distils how economic and political processes and outcomes are contingent upon regional and local circumstances. The journal is a pluralist forum, which showcases diverse perspectives and analytical techniques.    Essential criteria for papers to be accepted for Regional Studies are that they make a substantive contribution to scholarly debates, are sub-national in focus, conceptually well-informed, empirically grounded and methodologically sound. Submissions are also expected to engage with wider debates that advance the field of regional studies and are of interest to readers of the journal.

Regional Studies is a leading international journal that focuses on the development of theories and concepts, empirical analysis, and policy debates in the field of regional studies. The journal publishes original research that spans the economic, social, political, and environmental dimensions of urban and regional (subnational) change. Its distinctive purpose is to systematically and rigorously connect insights across various intellectual disciplines to understand how and why regions and cities evolve. The research published distills how economic and political processes and outcomes are contingent upon regional and local circumstances. The journal serves as a pluralistic forum that showcases diverse perspectives and analytical techniques. Essential criteria for papers to be accepted in Regional Studies include making a substantive contribution to scholarly debates, focusing on sub-national issues, being conceptually informed, empirically grounded, and methodologically sound. Submissions are also expected to engage with broader discussions that advance the field of regional studies and are of interest to the journal's readership.

《Regional Studies》是一本国际领先的期刊，专注于区域研究领域的理论和概念发展、实证分析以及政策讨论。该期刊发表涵盖城市和区域（次国家）变化的经济、社会、政治和环境维度的原创研究。其独特的目的在于系统性和扎实地连接不同学科的见解，以理解地区和城市如何以及为何演变。期刊发表的研究提炼了经济和政治过程及结果如何依赖于区域和地方环境。该期刊是一个多元化的论坛，展示了不同的观点和分析技术。为了被《Regional Studies》接受，论文必须对学术讨论做出实质性贡献，聚焦于次国家层面，概念上有深度，实证上扎实，方法上严谨。提交的论文还需参与更广泛的讨论，以推动区域研究领域的发展，并引起期刊读者的兴趣。

Regional Studies

Song Wang

Dailing Hou

Yan Liu

Xueli Wang

Liang Dai

Can urban agglomeration policy improve the innovation efficiency of cities in China?

城市集聚政策能否提升中国城市的创新效率？

Abstract Asheim B. T., Lawton Smith H. and Oughton C. Regional innovation systems: theory, empirics and policy, Regional Studies. Interest in regional innovation systems has grown significantly over the past three decades driven partly by advances in theoretical analysis, partly by the growing interest in innovation as a source of competitive advantage, and partly by the need for new policies to address regional inequalities and divergence. This article explores the elements and characteristics that exemplify the regional innovation systems approach. It provides an appraisal and synthesis of the regional innovation systems paradigm and aims to shed light on a number of areas where theoretical, empirical and policy-based questions remain unanswered. It outlines and assesses the major strands in recent theoretical and empirical debates and discusses how they might be developed to contribute to the further advancement of the regional innovation systems literature. Three interrelated questions form the key themes around which the article is structured. The first concerns the very nature of the system itself. The second concerns the boundaries of industrial districts, clusters and regional innovation systems, and the role of cognitive frontiers, knowledge transfer and learning. The third relates to the central role of knowledge and learning in clusters and regional innovation systems and in particular to the role and functioning of the labour market. These three cross-cutting themes separately and collectively provide new theoretical, empirical and policy insights; they also raise other questions which are intended to stimulate much future research. Asheim B. T., Lawton Smith H. and Oughton C. 区域创新系统：理论、实践以及政策，区域研究。 对区域创新系统的关注在过去的 30 年内得到显著提高，这部分归因于理论分析的进步，也由于创新是竞争优势的源头，同时也基于新政策强调区域不公平以及区域差异的需求。本文考察了对区域创新系统方法进行分析的要素以及特征。文章通过对区域创新系统范式的评价以及综合分析为理论、实践以及政策领域做出相应的贡献。研究概述并评价了目前理论及实践研究中主要的分支，讨论了他们在区域创新系统研究中的下一步发展方向。文章围绕三个理论核心展开。首先考虑系统本身的性质。其次考虑产业区、集群以及区域创新系统的边界，认知前沿、知识转换以及学习过程的作用。第三是知识与学习在集群及区域创新系统尤其是劳动力市场职能中的核心作用。上述三类跨界的主题各自或者整合地提供了新的理论、实践以及政策视角，同时也指出未来研究中需要注意的问题。 区域创新系统 产业区 集群 知识与学习 劳动力市场 Asheim B. T., Lawton Smith H. et Oughton C. Les systèmes d'innovation régionaux: la théorie, l'empiricisme et la politique, Regional Studies. L'intérêt pour les systèmes d'innovation régionaux a augmenté sensiblement pendant les trois dernières décennies, conduit en partie par les progrès dans l'analyse théorique, en partie par l'intérêt croissant pour l'innovation comme source de l'avantage compétitif, et en partie par la nécessité des politiques nouvelles pour aborder les écarts et les divergences régionaux. Cet article examine les éléments et les caractéristiques qui illustrent les façons d'aborder les systèmes d'innovation régionaux. On évalue et synthétise le paradigme des systèmes d'innovation régionaux et éclaircit un nombre de questions théoriques, empiriques et de politiques auxquelles il faut toujours répondre. On esquisse et évalue les principaux fils des débats théoriques et empiriques récents et on discute comment on pourrait les développer afin de contribuer au progrès de la documentation sur les systèmes d'innovation régionaux. Trois questions interdépendantes constituent les thèmes clés à partir desquels on structure l'article. Le premier traite de la nature même du système. Le deuxième concerne les limites des districts industriels, des clusters et des systèmes d'innovation régionaux, et le rôle des frontières cognitives, du transfert de la connaissance et de l'apprentissage. Le troisième se rapporte au rôle primordial de la connaissance et de l'apprentissage dans les clusters et les systèmes d'innovation régionaux, et en particulier au rôle et au fonctionnement du marché du travail. Ces trois thèmes interdépendants fournissent séparément et collectivement de nouvels aperçus théoriques, empiriques et de politique; ils posent aussi d'autres questions qui visent à encourager beaucoup de recherche future. Systèmes d'innovation régionaux Districts industriels Clusters Connaissance et apprentissage Marchés du travail Asheim B. T., Lawton Smith H. und Oughton C. Regionale Innovationssysteme: Theorie, Empirie und Politik, Regional Studies. In den letzten drei Jahrzehnten ist das Interesse an regionalen Innovationssystemen stark gewachsen, was teils auf die Fortschritte bei der theoretischen Analyse, teils auf das wachsende Interesse an der Innovation als Quelle von Wettbewerbsvorteilen und teils auf den Bedarf an neuen Politiken zum Ausgleich von regionalen Ungleichgewichten und Divergenzen zurückzuführen ist. In diesem Beitrag werden die Elemente und Merkmale zur Veranschaulichung des Ansatzes für regionale Innovationssysteme untersucht. Wir nehmen eine Bewertung und Synthese des Paradigmas der regionalen Innovationssysteme vor und versuchen, Aufschluss über zahlreiche Bereiche mit offenen theoretischen, empirischen und politischen Fragen zu geben. Wir beschreiben und bewerten die wichtigsten Strömungen der aktuellen theoretischen und empirischen Debatten und erörtern, wie sich diese Debatten fortführen lassen, um zur Weiterentwicklung der Literatur über regionale Innovationssysteme beizutragen. Die zentralen Themen, um die der Artikel strukturiert ist, gründen auf drei miteinander zusammenhängenden Fragen. Die erste dieser Fragen betrifft das wahre Wesen des eigentlichen Systems. Die zweite bezieht sich auf die Grenzen von Industriebezirken, Clustern und regionalen Innovationssystemen und die Rolle von kognitiven Grenzen, Wissensübertragung und Lernen. Die dritte bezieht sich auf die zentrale Rolle des Wissens und Lernens in Clustern und regionalen Innovationssystemen und insbesondere auf die Rolle und Funktion des Arbeitsmarktes. Diese drei bereichsübergreifenden Themen ermöglichen für sich getrennt und gemeinsam neue theoretische, empirische und politische Erkenntnisse; ebenso werfen sie weitere Fragen auf, die künftig zu umfangreicher weiterer Forschung Anlass geben sollten. Regionale Innovationssysteme Industriebezirke Cluster Wissen und Lernen Arbeitsmärkte Asheim B. T., Lawton Smith H. y Oughton C. Sistemas de innovación regional: teoría, empirismo y política, Regional Studies. El interés en los sistemas de innovación regional ha crecido de modo significativo en los últimos treinta años, impulsado en parte por los avances en los análisis teóricos, en parte por el creciente interés en la innovación como una fuente de ventaja competitiva y en parte por la necesidad de nuevas políticas que aborden las desigualdades y la divergencia regionales. En este artículo analizamos los elementos y las características que ilustran el enfoque de los sistemas de innovación regional. Ofrecemos una valoración y síntesis del paradigma de los sistemas de innovación regional con el objetivo de arrojar luz sobre toda una serie de áreas en las que las cuestiones teóricas, empíricas y políticas quedan por responder. Destacamos y evaluamos las principales tendencias de los recientes debates teóricos y empíricos y analizamos cómo podrían desarrollarse para contribuir a un mayor progreso de la bibliografía sobre los sistemas de innovación regional. Este artículo se ha estructurado básicamente en torno a tres cuestiones interrelacionadas. La primera cuestión trata sobre la propia naturaleza del mismo sistema. La segunda trata sobre los límites de las comarcas industriales, las aglomeraciones y los sistemas de innovación regional, y el papel de las fronteras cognitivas, la transferencia de conocimiento y el aprendizaje. La tercera trata sobre el papel central del conocimiento y el aprendizaje en las aglomeraciones y los sistemas de innovación regional, y especialmente sobre el papel y la función del mercado laboral. Estos tres temas transversales por separado y colectivamente ofrecen una nueva perspectiva teórica, empírica y política; también plantean otras cuestiones cuya finalidad es estimular muchas más investigaciones en el futuro. Sistemas de innovación regional Comarcas industriales Aglomeraciones Conocimiento y aprendizaje Mercados de trabajo Keywords: Regional innovation systemsIndustrial districtsClustersKnowledge and learningLabour marketsJEL classifications: OO1O18RR1R11 Acknowledgements A number of the articles in this issue were first presented at a set of four interrelated sessions held at the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in 2006. The guest editors are grateful to the participants of those sessions for valuable comments that have helped shape the final versions of these articles. They are also very grateful for the helpful and insightful comments of the anonymous referees and the editors. The usual disclaimer applies. Notes Fagerberg Citation(2005) carried out a similar analysis for ‘innovation’. These points are also discussed by Asheim Citation(2000) and Oughton and Whittam Citation(1997). For two recent reviews, see Moulaert and Sekia Citation(2003) and Frenz and Oughton Citation(2005); see also the journal special issues edited by Meister and Werker Citation(2004), Acs and Varga Citation(2002) and Iammarino Citation(2005). This is acknowledged in the early writings of Porter (Citation1998c, pp. 206–208) on clusters; Camagni (1991, p. 1), which draws on Marshall's idea of industrial atmosphere and inter-firm cooperation; Maillat Citation(1998) on innovative milieu; and Cooke (Citation1992, p. 380; 2004, pp. 6–7) on RIS. For two tables of cluster definitions that include shallow variants based on market relationships and proximity to richer variants that incorporate networks, non-market relationships, institutions and trust, see Martin and Sunley (Citation2003, p. 12) and Swann (Citation2009, p. 149). For a review of clusters and networking concepts, see Bode et al. Citation(2010). Between 1990–1999 and 2000–2009, the number of RIS publications in the SSCI increased over thirty-fold compared with a five-fold increase for the clusters literature over the same period. In part, this reflects the very low base for the RIS literature in 1990–1999, but also its rapid consolidation between 2000 and 2009. This is not to say that Porter's work on clusters has not been influential in policy circles (clearly it has), but Martin and Sunley's (2003) that Porter's notion of ‘clusters’ has gate-crashed the economic policy arena when the work of economic geographers on industrial localization, spatial agglomeration of economic activity, and the growing salience of regions in the global economy, has been largely ignored. (p. 7) is arguably an overstatement of the case. Similar analysis has been made by Doloreux Citation(2002) and Doloreux and Parto Citation(2005). This point has been made by various authors, for example Feldman Citation(2001) and Doloreux and Parto (Citation2005, p. 137), who state that studies of regional innovation ‘are largely based on a few “successful” regions’. Fritsch and Slavtchev discuss the related idea of the ‘efficiency’ of a regional innovation system which refers the ability of a region to maximize its innovation output given the innovation resources at its disposal. Guiliani and Bell (2005) confusingly refer to ‘level of competence’ as ‘knowledge base’ instead of using the term ‘competence base’ to avoid misunderstandings. The relationship is complicated by the activity of multinational firms (Cantwell and Iammarino, Citation2001). The authors are grateful to an anonymous referee for this point. See Boschma and Fritsch Citation(2009) and Asheim and Hansen (2009), two articles in a special issue of Economic Geography (October 2009) on ‘Technology, Talent and Tolerance in European Cities’.

Bjorn T. Asheim

Helen Lawton Smith

Christine Oughton

Regional Innovation Systems: Theory, Empirics and Policy

区域创新系统：理论、实证与政策

Labour mobility and local employment: building a local employment base from labour mobility? Regional Studies. Do labour inflows contribute to job opportunities for local residents? This question is analysed based on a three-step instrumental variables (IV) estimation procedure including two-way fixed effects to control for unobserved heterogeneity by using unique panel data for the period 2006–11 in Denmark. The results show that labour inflows are crucial for employment opportunities in peripheral areas, but appear to have no effects closer to urban centres. Furthermore, the findings highlight the importance of inflows of specific skills and cross-sectoral dependencies in skill dynamics. This stresses the importance of considering policies promoting mobility to ensure the employment basis in peripheral areas.

Amjad Naveed

Nino Javakhishvili-Larsen

Torben Dall Schmidt

Labour mobility and local employment: building a local employment base from labour mobility?

劳动力流动与地方就业：通过劳动力流动构建地方就业基础？

Haughton G., Counsell D. and Vigar G. Sustainable development in post-devolution UK and Ireland, Regional Studies. Strategies for sustainable development have been produced aplenty in recent years, with numbers increasing in the context of devolution. This paper examines the way in which they have developed. It examines the role of strategies for sustainable development as a metagovernance and policy integration device. The limited evidence of diversity in approaches to sustainable development post-devolution is a key finding. Haughton G., Counsell D. et Vigar G. Le développement durable au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande depuis la régionalisation, Regional Studies. Au cours des années récentes, de nombreuses stratégies en faveur du développement durable ont été mises au point, dont un nombre croissant dans le domaine de la régionalisation. Cet article cherche à examiner la façon dont elles ont été élaborées. On examine le rôle des stratégies en faveur du développement durable comme système de métagouvernance et d'intégration de politique. Un résultat clé c'est l'absence de preuves d'une diversité de façons d'aborder la question du développement durable depuis la régionalisation. Développement durable Gouvernance à plusieurs niveaux Métagouvernance Intégration de politique Régionalisation Haughton G., Counsell D. und Vigar G. Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Großbritannien und Irland nach der Dezentralisierung, Regional Studies. In den letzten Jahren wurden zahlreiche Strategien für nachhaltige Entwicklung hervorgebracht, wobei die Anzahl im Kontext der Dezentralisierung noch weiter anstieg. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, in welcher Weise sich diese Strategien weiterentwickelt haben. Wir untersuchen die Rolle der Strategien für nachhaltige Entwicklung als Mittel der Meta-Regierungsführung und politischen Integration. Eines der wichtigsten Ergebnisse hinsichtlich der Ansätze zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung in der Zeit nach der Dezentralisierung sind die begrenzten Anzeichen von Vielfalt. Nachhaltige Entwicklung Regierungsführung auf mehreren Ebenen Meta-Regierungsführung Politische Integration Dezentralisierung Haughton G., Counsell D. y Vigar G. Desarrollo sostenible tras la transferencia de competencias en el RU e Irlanda, Regional Studies. Se han creado abundantes estrategias para el desarrollo sostenible en los últimos años con un número creciente en el contexto de la transferencia de competencias. En este artículo examinamos el modo en que se han desarrollado estas estrategias. Examinamos el papel de las estrategias para el desarrollo sostenible como dispositivo de metagobierno y para la integración de políticas. Un resultado clave fue la evidencia limitada de la diversidad en enfoques para el desarrollo sostenible tras la transferencia de competencias. Desarrollo sostenible Gobierno multinivel Metagobierno Integración política Transferencia de competencias

Graham Haughton

Dave Counsell

Geoff Vigar

Sustainable Development in Post-devolution UK and Ireland

后分权时代英国和爱尔兰的可持续发展

Drawing on the concept of human capital externalities, this paper investigates universities’ contribution to regional economies by analysing two types of graduate retention: labour retention (graduates employed in the region where they studied) and entrepreneurship retention (graduates starting businesses in the region where they studied). Using a panel of English universities (2010/11–2015/16), the paper examines the extent to which the specialization and diversification of universities’ subject mix influences graduate retention rates across urban and non-urban areas. Findings show that agglomeration dynamics affect labour and entrepreneurship retention differently, and that universities’ knowledge offer (subject specialization) matters across diverse geographical contexts.

Fumi Kitagawa

Chiara Marzocchi

Mabel Sánchez-Barrioluengo

Elvira Uyarra

Anchoring talent to regions: the role of universities in graduate retention through employment and entrepreneurship

将人才锚定于地区：大学通过就业和创业促进毕业生留存的作用

Arnault Morisson

Huiwen Gong

Place leadership in emerging industries: navigating the controversy and complexities of blockchain technology

新兴产业中的地方领导力：应对区块链技术的争议与复杂性

While several studies analyse house price linkages within cities or regions, none estimates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing price dynamics between cities and regions. We fill this gap in the literature by examining a network of core and regional cities in Australia using Diebold–Yilmaz's network variance decomposition approach of 2012. Compared with the pre-pandemic period, the pandemic caused significant change, with core cities significantly linked to regional cities and driving volatility in housing prices. The findings of our study have important implications for real estate investors as well as urban and regional planners.

Nirodha Jayawardena

Eduardo Roca

Prabath S. Morawakage

Benjamín Liu

George Earl

Vikkram Singh

Understanding the interconnectedness of house prices between cities and regions during COVID-19: evidence from Australia

理解新冠疫情期间城市与地区间房价的相互关联性：来自澳大利亚的证据

This paper examines the influence of key resilience determinants – unrelated variety, related variety, human capital and innovative-prone environments – on the post-crisis growth path performance of regions. To do so, Canadian regional economic resilience to the 2008 Great Recession and their post-crisis growth path are investigated. Innovative-prone environments, related variety and human capital all enhance both the economic resilience and post-crisis growth path performance of regions. Also, not all resilience determinants (unrelated variety) influence both regional processes. The main policy implication is that policymakers should focus on enhancing innovation-prone environments.

Jesse Sutton

Yawo Mamoua Kobara

Godwin Arku

Determinants of regional economic resilience and post-crisis growth path performance: insights from Canada

区域经济韧性及危机后增长路径表现的决定因素：来自加拿大的启示

Recent debates about 'left behind' places have opened up new opportunities to understand the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time, the application of this label to a wide variety of places with different characteristics has been accused of obscuring as much as it reveals. In this paper, we shed light on the variegated nature of 'left behind' regions through a cluster analysis of NUTS-3 regions in the EU15. We identify six types of areas, of which three are characterised as 'left behind' based on their performance on a range of economic, demographic and social variables. There are important differences between these three types of regions, strengthening the argument for policy responses adapted to local circumstances.

Abbreviation	Reg. Stud.
Journal Impact	4.21
Quartiles(Global)	REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING(Q1)

ISSN	0034-3404, 1360-0591
h-index	141
Top Journals	Yes

Publication Information	Publisher: Routledge，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 1967，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:15.90%， Gold OA Rate: 37.06%

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