Public policies frequently identify biotechnology and information technology as 'desirable industry clusters' that produce an abundance of well paying jobs of the future. This survey discusses the promise of biotechnology employment growth and appropriate policies that foster vibrant regional biotech clusters. I argue for two fundamental determinants of the size and location of regional biotech...

Note. This original form of this rebuttal was submitted to Science on 3 March 2017 (limited to 300 words as per Science editorial policy) but rejected on 13 March 2017. Herein, we elaborate on our original Science submission in order to more fully address the issue without the length limitations. This rebuttal is followed by the list of the signatories who supported our original submission.

This paper describes the macro-regional governance framework behind climate adaptation policies that are currently in place Alpine area. Through this discussion, it specifically considers implications of regional South Tyrol and Lombardy as case studies. Despite rising concern at European level, there still no specific guidelines for change level. Macro-regions encompass multiple regions have c...

Are enhanced regional inequalities the flip side of the industrial restructuring following economic integration and technological progress? Both theory and empirical evidence may point in this direction (see e.g. Behrens, Gaigné, Ottaviano and Thisse, 2003, Boldrin and Canova, 2002, Braunerhjelm et al, 2002, and Martin, 1998 and 1999) The focus on regional policy in Europe is accordingly both j...

Public policy decisions are increasingly made by regional governance efforts that involve diverse decision makers from multiple government units within a geographic region. These decision-making bodies face competing pressures to represent regional and local interests. We study how decision makers balance preferences for regionalism and localism within metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)...

social entrepreneurship will create innovative solutions to solve critical social problems and mobilize the ideas, capacities, resources and social regulations needed for social changes. development of social entrepreneurship will undoubtedly play an important role in economic development, but because of social challenges that entrepreneurs have to cope with, it needs regulatory policies. revie...

Fishing capacity management policies have been traditionally implemented at national level with national targets for capacity reduction. More recently, capacity management policies have increasingly targeted specific fisheries. French fisheries spatially vary along the French coastline and are associated to specific regions. Capacity management policies, however, ignore the capital mobility ass...

Climate change has recently led many governments to undertake policy aimed at reducing CO2 emissions. The general purpose of such policies is to reduce production activities which have high carbon emissions and encourage those with low emissions and, whatever the specific mechanism suggested, it is almost certain that policy will have differential impacts at the regional level of the economy. W...