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{"title":"Unemployment Polarisation and Club Convergence in Türkiye","authors":"Burhan Can Karahasan","doi":"10.1111/grow.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Turkish economy has undergone massive transformation during the 2000s. Annual economic growth reached a peak of 10% in the early 2000s. However, the side effects of global financial crises and the internal macroeconomic imbalances shift the growth trajectory of Türkiye into a new path of unstable economic growth. While macroeconomic consequences are densely discussed we know less about the adjustment of local labour markets. To fill this gap, we examine the club formation of Turkish regions by analysing their unemployment trajectories during the post 2000s. Our findings show that despite rapid economic growth Turkish regions get extremely polarised and form distinct convergence clubs. Remarkably polarisation is higher for the female population. Geographically, polarisation is in the form of an isolation for the least developed south-eastern regions and some of the developed urbanised western regions. Additionally, our robustness exercises indicate higher polarisation after 2013 as Turkish economic growth starts to become more volatile and less sustainable. Finally, our spatial extensions show that impact of spatial proximity has significant influence on the accurate extent of unemployment deprivation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forms of Innovation and the Core-Periphery Divide: (Non-) Technological Innovation and Geo-Remoteness in Israel","authors":"Emil Israel,&nbsp;Eyal Salinger","doi":"10.1111/grow.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scholarly interest in innovation in the periphery has recently grown, along with the prevalence of studies investigating different forms of innovation. Given the relative paucity of research in these fields, this study aims to examine the probability of technological and non-technological innovation in peripheral areas, compared to core regions. Drawing on a sample of over 3800 Israeli firms, we analyzed how their peripheral geographic location impacts their chances to innovate, in comparison to firms in Israel's core regions. The results showed that the probabilities to technologically innovate in most of the defined peripheries significantly exceed the probabilities in the core. Those probabilities decrease with the region's increasing peripherality. Peripheral firms that do tend to technologically innovate were found to be deeply embedded in their region's economy. Unlike technological innovation, peripheries' non-technological innovation activity was found to benefit from urban agglomerations that endow local economies with an (technological) innovative buzz. The results have policy implications for the promotion of regional economic growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143115315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Industry 4.0 and the Importance of an Ecosystem-Based Approach: An Empirical Investigation Based on a Mixed-Method Analysis","authors":"James Boyer","doi":"10.1111/grow.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper will analyze the role of the innovation ecosystem (IES) in the industry implementation process of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) at company level. Based on a mixed-method analysis using econometric models and content analysis, we have investigated the implementation process of industry 4.0-enabling technologies of 123 manufacturing companies in the <i>Hauts-de-France</i> region of France. We have showed that the implementation process of industry 4.0-enabling technologies is facilitated by the complexities of relationships between actors, complementarities among actors, particularly between start-ups and others ecosystem stakeholders, and the role of regional policies (innovation support). Our quantitative results confirm that complex relationships with heterogenous actors within an IES positively affect the implementation process of Industry 4.0 at company level. While our qualitative analysis has showed that business-to-business relationships were decisive, our quantitative analysis has gone further and has showed that the more a given company develops diverse forms of relationships with other companies within the IES, the higher the level of I4.0 implementation-enabling technologies there are in the company. Both qualitative and quantitative results demonstrate the importance of university-industry linkage and of business incubators for the I4.0 implementation process, in enabling technologies at company level. A further result that completes our econometric study is the clear identification by company managers of the key role played by collaborative innovation projects and by start-ups as providers of new solutions in fostering their I4.0 technological development. Therefore, our research calls for an ecosystem-based approach to fostering I4.0 implementation at company level.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local Effects of Education and Age Groups on Unemployment in Germany","authors":"Fabian Busch,&nbsp;Carsten Ochsen","doi":"10.1111/grow.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article provides a comprehensive analysis of how regional changes in the age and education distribution of the labour force affect local and neighbourhood unemployment rates. Based on theoretical considerations, we argue that differences in job search, separation, and commuting are key factors in group differences, and therefore, changes in relative group size affect the level of unemployment. The empirical analysis focuses on local labour markets in Germany, using a dynamic spatial panel data model. According to the estimates, an increasing proportion of young and/or low-educated workers raises local unemployment, while larger proportions of older prime-age and/or highly educated workers raise unemployment in neighbouring labour markets. As a result, the recent ageing and education developments in the German labour force have led to a 25% reduction in the unemployment rate.</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Do Cognitive Proximity and Knowledge Space Position Affect Firms' Innovation? Evidence From Micro and Small Manufacturing Firms in South Africa","authors":"Jefferson R. B. Galetti,&nbsp;Fiona Tregenna","doi":"10.1111/grow.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cognitive proximity between firms, and their position in relation to other firms in a knowledge space, can influence firms' innovation performance. While some studies have begun analysing this in developing countries, there is a dearth of evidence in Africa, and more generally for small and especially micro enterprises as well as for informal enterprises. To fill this gap, we utilise rich new survey data covering 711 micro and small manufacturing firms in Johannesburg, South Africa. We develop and apply a novel multidimensional measure of cognitive proximity, using information on the skills most needed in firms' activities, firms' proximity in an industrial space, and the types of external co-operation in which they engage. We find that cognitive proximity is positively associated with innovation outcomes. Although this relationship is increasing for most of the sample, there is evidence of an inverted-U relationship for firms located at higher percentiles, suggesting that too much proximity may lead to a cognitive lock-in. Firms' knowledge space position is also associated with differential innovation outcomes. In extensions of the model, we find interesting differences in how both cognitive proximity and knowledge space positions are associated with the degree of innovation novelty and also vary according to whether the firm is formal or informal.</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revitalizing Cities: The 5R Framework Approach to Urban Retrofitting and Big Data Insights","authors":"Xinlin Ma,&nbsp;Yan Song,&nbsp;Fangzheng Lyu,&nbsp;Yang Yang,&nbsp;Yuhua Wang,&nbsp;Xijing Li,&nbsp;Shaopeng Zhong","doi":"10.1111/grow.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Urban retrofitting is a fundamental approach for achieving sustainable and resilient urban development in the face of contemporary challenges. The increasing prevalence of urban big data presents an opportunity to establish a robust analytical framework for urban retrofitting, enabling more effective comparative studies and informed decision-making. This paper introduces a comprehensive 5R framework—Re-inhabitation, Re-building, Re-transportation, Re-capitalization, and Re-greening—to provide a multidimensional perspective on urban retrofitting. The 5R framework facilitates a holistic understanding of urban transformation processes and establishes standardized metrics for analyzing urban retrofitting initiatives using diverse urban big data sources. To demonstrate the adaptability and effectiveness of the 5R framework in a real-world context, we conduct a case study of Charlotte, North Carolina. By applying innovative methods for the integration and analysis of extensive datasets, our study offers new insights into the evaluation of urban retrofitting efforts, such as transportation accessibility, micro-scale building improvements, investment patterns, green space enhancements, and overall livability. This approach addresses existing research gaps by providing a structured set of indicators that assess each dimension of urban transformation comprehensively. Beyond academic advancements, the 5R framework offers practical tools for policymakers and urban planners to evaluate retrofitting interventions, quantify their outcomes, and understand the dynamics of evolving urban spaces. The insights gained through our research highlight the importance of using big data to enhance the scope and impact of urban development strategies, ultimately bridging the gap between theoretical concepts and real-world urban retrofitting applications. Our findings demonstrate the potential of the 5R framework to serve as a guiding model for more sustainable, data-driven urban growth and revitalization.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spiky Metropolitan Landscapes: An Urbanometric Analysis of Growing Agglomerations","authors":"Zeynep Elburz,&nbsp;Karima Kourtit,&nbsp;Peter Nijkamp","doi":"10.1111/grow.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The spatial configuration of urban systems has garnered significant interest from various disciplines, including urban planners, economists, and ecologists, due to its interconnectedness with various aspects of sustainable development. Research on urban form suggests a departure from the conventional model of a gradually declining density gradient from the city center, giving way to a “spiky” urban landscape characterized by a heterogeneous polycentric pattern. This study aims to examine the recently emerging spiky structure of an urban agglomeration and its determinants, providing insights into the potential prospects of cities. We adopt a new quantitative modeling approach inspired by spatial econometrics and coined here ‘urbanometrics’. By utilizing and testing spatial dependence urbanometric models, we seek to elucidate the factors driving these changes, with a specific focus on pluriform urban sprawl in the Mediterranean region, specifically the Izmir city-region. The findings indicate that since the early 2000s, the Izmir city-region has experienced simultaneous decentralization and the emergence of multiple centers, with sharp differences. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the expansion of highway infrastructure, population growth, and existing convertible (agricultural or forest) land contribute to urban sprawl and the emergence of a “spiky” urban landscape.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rural Entrepreneurship in the Face of Geodemographic Challenges","authors":"Yolanda Fuertes-Callén,&nbsp;Beatriz Cuéllar-Fernández,&nbsp;Adriana Serrano-Magdalena","doi":"10.1111/grow.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rural entrepreneurs face significant obstacles due to factors such as sparse population, low density, aging population, remoteness from markets and financial providers, inadequate infrastructure, and challenging geographic conditions. These factors contribute to rural disadvantage, fueling rural depopulation. Governments often attempt to address rural depopulation by supporting entrepreneurship, but eligibility criteria vary widely. This paper develops a model of rural entrepreneurship liability explained by municipal demographic and geographic factors. We analyzed the geographical distribution of all companies established in Spain since 2012, along with the attributes of the municipalities where they are headquartered. While working-age municipal population is the primary factor in determining rural entrepreneurship liability, network coverage, altitude, and population variation also play noteworthy roles. Geographic constraints have a significant negative impact on entrepreneurship, but their influence is mitigated by the working-age municipal population, highlighting the unique challenges faced by rural entrepreneurs. One policy implication of our findings is that governments could consider using this model to allocate grants based on the actual difficulty of undertaking entrepreneurship in each municipality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction to “The Changing Geography of Innovation: Comparing Urban, Suburban and Rural Areas” Published in the Journal Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/grow.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In Table 1 on page 7 of our paper, a typographical error led to the incorrect placement of a “B” next to Valle de Egüés. This municipality is not part of the Barcelona commuting zone, but forms part of the Pamplona commuting zone. We have corrected this, and a “P” is now listed instead of the “B.” We sincerely apologize for any confusion this may have caused. It is important to note that the database used in our analysis is not affected, as Valle de Egüés is correctly geolocated. Consequently, this oversight does not impact our empirical analysis, and the conclusions of the paper remain unchanged. The corrected table is provided below:</p>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/grow.70016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Whom You Connect With Matters: Innovation Collaboration Network Centrality and Innovative Productivity in Chinese Cities","authors":"Cui Zhang,&nbsp;Dandan Zhang,&nbsp;Yu Pan,&nbsp;Yanzhen Wang","doi":"10.1111/grow.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper introduces eigenvector centrality to capture partner heterogeneity and examines its impact on urban innovation. By constructing and empirically testing a co-invention patent database of Chinese cities over the period from 2014 to 2018, we find that eigenvector centrality has a positive effect on urban innovation. Technology breadth and technology depth increases are two important underlying mechanisms. A counterfactual analysis shows that laggard cities with low levels of innovation can increase their innovative productivity by establishing collaborative links with other cities, especially with well-connected cities, which indicates the potential gains from policies that improve the inter-city innovation collaboration network structure. And this result is further confirmed by the comparative analysis of Erdos and Chifeng.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}