All Stories

  1. Missing missions or partial missions? Translating circular economy directionality into place-based transformative action

    Article • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nick Clifton

  2. The evolution of regional triple helix food sector SME interventions: a longitudinal study, Wales, UK

    Article • European Planning Studies, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  3. An Empirical Study on Public Sector versus Third Sector Circular Economy-Oriented Innovations

    Article • Sustainability, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Nick Clifton

  4. People or place? Towards a system of holistic locational values for creative workers

    Article • Cultural Trends, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  5. Coworking Spaces, Proximity, Innovation and the Fourth Space

    Article • June 2022, MDPI AG

    Nick Clifton

  6. The diverse coworking landscape and implications for commercial real estate provision: lessons from individual preferences and practice

    Article • Journal of Property Investment & Finance, May 2022, Emerald

    Darja Reuschke, Nick Clifton

  7. Coworking in the digital economy: Context, motivations, and outcomes

    Article • Futures, January 2022, Elsevier

    Nick Clifton

  8. From interregional knowledge networks to systems

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, October 2021, Elsevier

    Nick Clifton

  9. Applying the ecosystem model in a new context? The case of business incubation in Oman

    Article • Growth and Change, February 2021, Wiley

    Nick Clifton

  10. City-region or urban-rural framework: what matters more in understanding the residential location of the creative class?

    Article • Acta geographica Slovenica, January 2019, Scientific Research Centre ZRC-SAZU

    Nick Clifton

  11. Inequalities

    Article • January 2019, IGI Global

    Nick Clifton

  12. Perspectives on Women's Entrepreneurial Learning and the Evolution of Female Entrepreneurship Research

    Article • January 2019, IGI Global

    Nick Clifton

  13. Non-state nations: Structure, rescaling, and the role of territorial policy communities, illustrated by the cases of Wales and Sardinia

    Article • Environment and Planning C Politics and Space, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Nick Clifton

  14. Country of Origin Effects

    Article • January 2017, IGI Global

    Nick Clifton

  15. Creativity, Cohesion and the ‘Post-conflict’ Society: A Policy Agenda (Illustrated from the Case of Northern Ireland)

    Article • European Planning Studies, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  16. Creative Regions in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy

    Article • European Planning Studies, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  17. An appropriate tool for entrepreneurial learning in SMEs? The case of the 20Twenty Leadership Programme

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Nick Clifton, Professor Piers Thompson

  18. Creative industries & creative policies: A European perspective?

    Article • City Culture and Society, June 2014, Elsevier

    Nick Clifton

  19. Towards a holistic understanding of county of origin effects? Branding of the region, branding from the region

    Article • Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, June 2014, Elsevier

    Nick Clifton

  20. The Creative Class Goes Global

    Article • November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  21. Towards a Reconciliation of the ‘Context-less’ with the ‘Space-less’? The Creative Class across Varieties of Capitalism: New Evidence from Sweden and the UK

    Article • Regional Studies, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  22. Understanding Creative Regions: Bridging the Gap between Global Discourses and Regional and National Contexts

    Article • Regional Studies, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  23. Capacity Building and the Contribution of Public Festivals: Evaluating “Cardiff 2005”

    Article • Event Management, March 2012, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Nick Clifton

  24. Companies, Cultures, and the Region: Interactions and Outcomes

    Article • European Planning Studies, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton, Stefan Gärtner

  25. Regional Culture in the Market Place: Place Branding and Product Branding as Cultural Exchange

    Article • European Planning Studies, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  26. Competitiveness, Creativity, and Place-Based Development

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Nick Clifton

  27. An Analysis of Actual and Potential Clustering Structures, Stakeholder Governance Activities and Cross-locality Linkages in the Welsh Aerospace Industry

    Article • European Planning Studies, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  28. Small and medium sized enterprises and knowledge networks: an initial analysis of the roles of external supporting organisations

    Article • International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Nick Clifton

  29. Network Structure, Knowledge Governance, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Innovation Networks and SMEs in the UK

    Article • Growth and Change, September 2010, Wiley

    Nick Clifton

  30. Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life by Richard Florida

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, May 2010, Wiley

    Nick Clifton

  31. Location, location, location: exploring the complex relationship between creative industries and place

    Article • Creative Industries Journal, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  32. Universities, SMEs and Innovation Frameworks

    Article • Industry and Higher Education, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Nick Clifton

  33. Creative knowledge workers and location in Europe and North America: a comparative review

    Article • Creative Industries Journal, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  34. Second seminar of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on Creative Industries and the Regions— Creative industries, scenes, cities, places: idiosyncratic dimensions of the cultural economy , April 2009, Cardiff

    Article • Creative Industries Journal, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  35. The “creative class” in the uk: an initial analysis

    Article • Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  36. Territory, Identity and Spatial Planning

    Article • September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  37. Social capital, firm embeddedness and regional development

    Article • Regional Studies, November 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  38. Visionary, precautionary and constrained ‘varieties of devolution’ in the economic governance of the devolved UK territories

    Article • Regional Studies, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Nick Clifton

  39. The automotive and electronics industries: processes and management of change

    Article • International Journal of Management and Decision Making, January 2002, Inderscience Publishers

    Nick Clifton

  40. The Internet as a Marketing Interface for Welsh Speciality Small and Medium‐sized Agri‐food Enterprises

    Article • Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, October 2001, Emerald

    Nick Clifton

  41. Systems suppliers: towards “best practice”?

    Article • Benchmarking An International Journal, August 2001, Emerald

    Nick Clifton