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Working Papers

2024

1. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions
   Post-Print, HAL

Journal Articles

2025

1. Levelling-up national economies through regional development? a panel fsQCA approach applied to Great Britain
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2025, 74, (1), 1-39

2024

2. Financial literacy and advice perceptions among UK higher education students: an ethnicity tale?
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, 22, (2), 709-781
3. Understanding the contemporary history of urban economic change: The case of entrepreneurial innovation
   Growth and Change, 2024, 55, (1)

2023

4. Defining networks in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the openness of ecosystems
   Small Business Economics, 2023, 61, (2), 517-538 View citations (3)
5. Entrepreneurial ecosystems, agency and regional development: Emergence and new path creation in the Cardiff city region
   Local Economy, 2023, 38, (6), 538-561
6. Human agency, network dynamics and regional development: the behavioural principles of new path creation
   Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (8), 1469-1481 View citations (4)
7. Uneven development, competitiveness and behavioural economic geography: Addressing ‘levelling up’ policies from a human perspective
   Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2023, 15, (9), 2274-2294

2022

8. A matter of life and death? Knowledge intensity of FDI activities and domestic enterprise
   Papers in Regional Science, 2022, 101, (5), 1157-1179
9. Cities, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems: assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
   (The rise of urban tech: how innovations for cities come from cities)
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2022, 15, (3), 635-661 View citations (2)

2021

10. Behavioral Explanations of Spatial Disparities in Productivity: The Role of Cultural and Psychological Profiling
    Economic Geography, 2021, 97, (5), 446-474 View citations (4)
11. Historical industrialisation, path dependence and contemporary culture: the lasting imprint of economic heritage on local communities
    (Technology and the labour market)
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, (6), 841-867 View citations (3)

2020

12. Culture and Place-Based Development: A Socio-Economic Analysis
    Regional Studies, 2020, 49, (1), 130-159
    Also in Regional Studies, 2015, 49, (1), 130-159 (2015) View citations (30)
13. Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: Examining the Association in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
    International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2020, 44, (2), 289-309
14. Human agency, entrepreneurship and regional development: a behavioural perspective on economic evolution and innovative transformation
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2020, 32, (7-8), 573-589 View citations (5)
15. The impact of foreign influence on exporting through open innovation
    Growth and Change, 2020, 51, (1), 256-277 View citations (4)
16. Universities and open innovation: the determinants of network centrality
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2020, 45, (3), 718-757 View citations (17)

2019

17. The behavioural foundations of urban and regional development: culture, psychology and agency
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2019, 19, (1), 121-146 View citations (21)

2018

18. Human behaviour and economic growth: A psychocultural perspective on local and regional development
    Environment and Planning A, 2018, 50, (6), 1269-1289 View citations (2)
19. The foreign business and domestic enterprise relationship: Its implications for local entrepreneurial resilience
    Local Economy, 2018, 33, (1), 10-39 View citations (4)

2017

20. Entrepreneurial networks and open innovation: the role of strategic and embedded ties
    Industry and Innovation, 2017, 24, (4), 403-435 View citations (14)
21. Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2017, 29, (3-4), 357-389 View citations (29)
22. Networks and regional economic growth: A spatial analysis of knowledge ties
    Environment and Planning A, 2017, 49, (6), 1247-1265 View citations (15)
23. Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: Does the Relationship Hold in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods?
    Growth and Change, 2017, 48, (4), 719-743 View citations (5)

2016

24. Social capital and innovation: A comparative analysis of regional policies
    Environment and Planning C, 2016, 34, (6), 1025-1057 View citations (9)
25. Socio-Spatial Culture and Entrepreneurship: Some Theoretical and Empirical Observations
    Economic Geography, 2016, 92, (3), 269-300 View citations (28)
26. The When and Why: Student Entrepreneurial Aspirations
    Journal of Small Business Management, 2016, 54, (1), 299-318 View citations (5)

2015

27. An appropriate tool for entrepreneurial learning in SMEs? The case of the 20Twenty Leadership Programme
    Local Economy, 2015, 30, (5), 534-556 View citations (2)
28. Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory
    Small Business Economics, 2015, 45, (1), 103-128 View citations (82)
29. Local entrepreneurial resilience and culture: the role of social values in fostering economic recovery
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2015, 8, (2), 313-330 View citations (26)
30. Network evolution and the spatiotemporal dynamics of knowledge sourcing
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2015, 27, (7-8), 474-499 View citations (7)
31. The potential of trading activity income to fund Third Sector organisations operating in deprived areas
    Local Economy, 2015, 30, (6), 627-649

2014

32. A Network-based view of regional growth
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2014, 14, (3), 511-545 View citations (39)
33. Culture, entrepreneurship and uneven development: a spatial analysis
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2014, 26, (9-10), 726-752 View citations (25)
34. Regional competitiveness, economic growth and stages of development
    Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, 2014, 32, (2), 255-283 View citations (8)
35. The competitiveness of China's Leading Regions: Benchmarking Their Knowledge-based Economies
    Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2014, 105, (3), 241-267 View citations (2)

2013

36. Competitiveness and the post-regional political economy
    Local Economy, 2013, 28, (7-8), 884-893 View citations (4)
37. Use of the Internet and SME Characteristics to Expand Scale and Geographic Scope of Sales: The Case of the United Kingdom
    International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD), 2013, 4, (3), 1-37

2012

38. Entrepreneurship and Community Culture: A Place-Based Study of Their Interdependency
    Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2012, 2, (1), 36 View citations (2)
39. Entrepreneurship in Deprived Urban Communities: The Case of Wales
    Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2012, 2, (1), 33 View citations (3)
40. Network Capital, Social Capital and Knowledge Flow: How the Nature of Inter-organizational Networks Impacts on Innovation
    Industry and Innovation, 2012, 19, (3), 203-232 View citations (48)

2011

41. Entrepreneurship amongst Minority Language Speakers: The Case of Wales
    Regional Studies, 2011, 45, (2), 219-238 View citations (4)
42. Well-being and competitiveness: are the two linked at a place-based level?
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2011, 5, (1), 45-60 View citations (2)

2009

43. Small Business Sales Growth and Internationalization Links to Web Site Functions in the United Kingdom
    International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA), 2009, 1, (4), 40-74

2008

44. Entrepreneurial attitudes, intentions and activities – a comparison of urban and rural areas in Wales
    International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2008, 6, (3), 421-436 View citations (2)
45. The Spatial Dispersion of Informal Investment at a Regional Level: Evidence from the UK
    European Planning Studies, 2008, 17, (5), 659-675 View citations (4)

2006

46. Is investment time irreversible? Some empirical evidence for disaggregated UK manufacturing data
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (19), 2265-2275 View citations (1)

Edited books

2017

1. Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (12)

Chapters

2020

1. Human behavior and economic development: culture, psychology and the competitiveness of cities and regions
   Chapter 7 in Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City, 2020, pp 106-146

2017

2. A network theory of regional competitiveness: innovation, entrepreneurship and growth
   Chapter 11 in Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness, 2017, pp 245-268 View citations (2)
3. Entrepreneurship, culture and resilience: the determinants of local development in uncertain times
   Chapter 10 in Creating Resilient Economies, 2017, pp 142-159 View citations (1)
4. Introducing regional competitiveness and development: contemporary theories and perspectives
   Chapter 1 in Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness, 2017, pp 1-32 View citations (4)