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The spatial concentration or agglomeration of economic activity leads to the emergence of externalities in the form of collective resource pools.
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Professor Dr. Hervas-Oliver has received financial support from ECO-63645-R (MINECO/FEDER) from the Spanish Ministry of Economics, Industry and Competitiveness. Additionally, this work is part of the research project PRAT 2014 “Moving knowledge into action: exploring the micro-foundation of an innovation ecosystem”, funded by the University of Padova and headed by Prof. Dr. Silvia Rita Sedita. CPDA142857/14.
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Hervas-Oliver, JL., Belussi, F. (2018). Cluster Advantage and Firm Performance: A Shift into the Future!. In: Belussi, F., Hervas-Oliver, JL. (eds) Agglomeration and Firm Performance. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90575-4_1
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