This publication was produced in the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). The project was supported by the Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy).
The publication has been co-ordinated and edited by Paolo Veneri, Acting Head of the Statistics and Territorial Analysis Unit under the supervision of Rudiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Statistics and Multi-level Governance Section of CFE. Ana Moreno Monroy, Policy Analyst, also helped to edit the final report. Chapter 1 was authored by Ana Moreno Monroy (OECD) and Paolo Veneri (OECD). Chapter 2 was authored by Andre Comandon (University of California, Los Angeles), Michiel Daams (University of Groningen), Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López (Autonomous University of Barcelona and Barcelona Institute of Economics, Spain) and Paolo Veneri (OECD). Chapter 3 was authored by Ana Moreno-Monroy (OECD). Chapter 4 was authored by Fabrizio Natale, Marco Scipioni and Alfredo Alessandrini (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission). Chapter 5 was authored by Ludovica Gazzé (University of Chicago). Chapter 6 was authored by Maarten van Ham (Delft University of Technology and University of St Andrews), Tiit Tammaru (University of Tartu) and Heleen J. Janssen (Delft University of Technology). Additional input was provided by Kevin Fourrey (University of Caen Normandy, France) for Box 2.3 and by Davide Luca and Mairie Carroline Magante (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy) for Box 4.3. Janine Treves provided editorial comments. Cicely Dupont-Nivore led the publication process. Eleonore Morena prepared the manuscript for publication.
Special thanks are due to the team in the Gran Sasso Science Institute who accompanied the realisation of the report, in particular Eugenio Coccia, Alessandra Faggian and Francesco Chiodelli. Antonio Calafati (Academy of Architecture, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland) contributed to the definition of the project in its initial stages. Authors gratefully acknowledge comments and suggestions by OECD colleagues, especially Karen Maguire, Lorena Figueiredo, Tamara Krawchenko and Kate Brooks. Additional comments were received also by Sylvie Marchand (INSEE, France), Jean-Michel Floch (INSEE, France), and Ksenia Shadrina (Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce, United States).