Journal Publications (since 2011)
McCann, P., Ortega-Argiles, R. and Yuan, P. (2021) The Covid-19 Shock in European Regions, Regional Studies, forthcoming
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (2021) The UK ‘geography of discontent’: narratives, Brexit and inter-regional ‘levelling up’, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
Rocchetta, S., Ortega-Argiles, R. and Koegler, D. (2021) The non-linear effect of relatedness on regional performance, Regional Studies.
McCann, P., Ortega-Argiles, R., Sevinc, D. and Cepeda-Zorrilla M. (2021) Rebalancing UK Regional and Industrial Policy Post-Brexit and Post-Covid19: Lessons Learned and Priorities for the Future, Regional Studies, doi:10.1080/00343404.2021.1922663
Terzidis, N. and Ortega-Argiles, R (2021) Employment polarization in regional labour markets. Evidence from the Netherlands, Journal of Regional Science, Employment polarization in regional labor markets. Evidence from the Netherlands (wiley.com)
Tranos, E.; Kitsos, A; Ortega-Argiles, R. (2021) Digital economy in the UK: Regional productivity effects of early adoption, Regional Studies. doi.:10.1080/00343404.2020.182642
Biagi, B., Brandano, MG. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (2021) Smart specialisation and tourism: Understanding the priority choices in EU regions, early view in Socio-economic Planning Science, 74, (Impact Factor 2019: 4.149) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038012120300197
Thissen, M; van Oort, F; McCann, P; Ortega-Argiles, R.; Husby, T. (2020) The Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Regional Competitiveness, Economic Geography, 96(5), 397-421. doi:10.1080/00130095.2020.1820862
Billing, C., McCann, P., Ortega-Argiles, R., Sevinc, D. (2020) UK Analysts and Policy-Makers’ Perspectives on Brexit: Challenges, Priorities and Opportunities for Sub-National Areas, Regional Studies. 10.1080/00343404.2020.1826039
Bailey, B.; Clark, J.; Colombelli, A,; Corradini, C,; De Propris, L.; Derudder, B.; Fratesi, U.; Fritsch, M.; Harrison, J.; Hatfield, M.; Kemeny, T.; Kogler, D.; Lagendijk, A.; Lawton, P.; Ortega-Argilés, R, and S. Usai (2020) “Rethinking regions in turbulent times”, Regional Studies, 54:1, 1-4, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1698837
Carrascal-Incera, A.; McCann, P.; Ortega-Argiles, R. and Rodriguez-Pose, A. (2020) UK Interregional Inequality in a Historical and International Comparative Context, National Institute Economic Review, 253.
Szerb, L.; Ortega-Argiles, R; Acs, Z and Komlosi, E. (2020) "Optimizing entrepreneurial development processes for smart specialization in the European Union", early view in Papers in Regional Science, 99, 1413–1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12536
2021 Martin Beckmann Prize
2021 Prize awarded annually for the Best Paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2020 .
Bailey, B.; Clark, J.; Colombelli, A,; Corradini, C,; De Propris, L.; Derudder, B.; Fratesi, U.; Fritsch, M.; Harrison, J.; Hatfield, M.; Kemeny, T.; Kogler, D.; Lagendijk, A.; Lawton, P.; Ortega-Argilés, R, and S. Usai (2020) “Rethinking regions in turbulent times”, Regional Studies, 54:1, 1-4, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1698837
Kitsos, A.; Carrascal-Incera, A.; Ortega-Argilés, R. (2019) “The Role of Embeddedness on Regional Economic Resilience: Evidence from the UK,” Sustainability, 11, 3800. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143800
Billing, C., McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2019) "Interregional Inequalities and UK Sub-National Governance Responses to Brexit", Regional Studies, 53(5), 741-760, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1554246
Farhati, M. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2018) Growth of service sector in BRIIC economies, Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 10(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.20885/ejem.vol10.iss1.art
Iammarino, S., McCann, P., Ortega-Argilés, R. (2018) International Business, Cities and Competitiveness: Recent Trends and Future Challenges, Competitiveness Review, 28(3), 236-251. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-10-2017-0070
2019 Highly Commended Paper in the Emerald Literati Awards
2019 Prize awarded annually by the journal editors for the Best Paper published by Emerald Literati Group.
Prenzel, P., Ortega-Argilés, R., Cozza, R and M. Piva (2018) The interplay between regional and industrial aspects in the R&D-productivity link: Evidence from Europe, Regional Studies, 52(5), 659-672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1329586
Chen, W., Los, B., McCann, P., Ortega-Argiles, R., Thissen, M., van Oort, F (2018) The Continental Divide? Economic Exposure to Brexit in Regions and Countries on both Sides of the Channel, Papers in Regional Science, 97(1), 25-54,DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12334
2019 Martin Beckmann Prize
2019 Prize awarded annually for the Best Paper published in Papers in Regional Science in 2018 (out of 65 published papers).
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2016) Smart Specialisation: Insights from the EU Experience and Implications for Other Economies, Investigaciones Regionales-Journal of Regional Research, 36, 279 to 293.
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2016) The Early Experience of Smart Specialisation Implementation in EU Cohesion Policy, European Planning Studies, 24(8), 1407-1427. DOI:10.1080/09654313.2016.1166177
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2016) Smart Specialisation, Entrepreneurship and SMEs: Issues and Challenges for a Results-Oriented EU Regional Policy, Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal, 46(4), 537–552. DOI 10.1007/s11187-016-9707-z
Acs, Z., Szerb, L., Ortega-Argilés, R., Aidis, R. and A. Coduras (2015) “The Regional application of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): The Case of Spain”, Regional Studies, 49(12), 1977-1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.888712
Komlósi Éva, Szerb László Acs J. Zoltán, Raquel Ortega-Argilés (2015): Quality related regional differences in entrepreneurship based on the GEDI methodology: The case of Hungary, Acta Oeconomica, 69(3) 455-477, DOI: 10.1556/032.65.2015.3.6
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2015) Smart Specialisation, Regional Growth and Applications to EU Cohesion Policy, Regional Studies, 49(8), 1291-1302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.799769
2016 Regional Studies Best Paper Award - 2016 Award for Best Paper published in Regional Studies in 2015 (out of some 125 published papers)
(As of November/December 2016, this highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of all academic fields based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year (Data from Essential Science Indicators, Web of Science).
Ortega-Argilés, R., Piva, M.C., and M. Vivarelli (2015) “Productivity Gains from R&D Investment: Are High-tech Sectors Still Ahead?”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 24(3), 204-222, April. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10438599.2014.918440
Ortega-Argilés, R., Piva, M.C., Vivarelli, M. (2014) The transatlantic productivity gap: Is R&D the main culprit?, Canadian Journal of Economics, 47(4), 1342-1371, November, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/caje.12103
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2014) “Smart Specialisation in European Regions: Issues of Strategy, Institutions and Implementation”, European Journal of Innovation Management, 17(4), 409-427. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/EJIM-05-2014-0052
Komlósi, E.; László, S.; Ács, Z. J., and Ortega-Argilés. R. (2014) A vállalkozási tevékenység regionális különbségei Magyarországon a regionális vállalkozási és fejlődési index alapján, Közgazdasági Szemle, LXI., Március, 233–261. http://www.kszemle.hu/index.php?lang=en
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2014) The role of the Smart Specialisation Agenda in a Reformed EU Cohesion Policy, Italian Journal of Regional Science, 13(1), 15-32. 10.3280/SCRE2014-001002
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2013) Transforming European Regional Policy: Smart Specialisation and a Results-Driven Agenda, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 29(2), 405-431. 10.1093/oxrep/grt021
McCann, P. and R. Ortega-Argilés (2013) Modern regional innovation policies, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 6(2), 187-216. doi:10.1093/cjres/rst007, http://cjres.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/05/08/cjres.rst007.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=4XrOxHUJiFRE7aO
McCann, P., and R. Ortega-Argilés (2013) Redesigning and Reforming European Regional Policy: The Reasons, the Logic and the Outcomes, International Regional Science Review, 36(3), 424-445.
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2012) The Transatlantic Productivity Gap: A Survey of the Main Causes, Journal of Economic Surveys, 26(3), 395-419.
Kumbhakar, S.; R. Ortega-Argilés; L. Potters; M. Vivarelli and P. Voigt (2012) Corporate R&D and firm's distance to the frontier: Evidence from Europe's top-R&D investors, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 37(2), 125-140, April.
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2011) El impacto de la inversión en I+D+i sobre la productividad del trabajo, Papeles de Economía Española: “España en la era de la Innovación”, 127, 106-119.
Ortega-Argilés, R.; Potters, L., and M. Vivarelli (2011) R&D and Productivity: Testing Sectoral Peculiarities Using Micro Data, Empirical Economics, 41(3), 817-839.
Ortega-Argilés, R., and A. Brandsma (2010) EU-US differences in the size of R&D intensive firms: Do they explain the overall R&D intensity gap?, Science and Public Policy, 37(6), 429-441.
Ortega-Argilés, R.; M. Piva; L. Potters and M. Vivarelli (2010) Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? Some guidelines for European Research Policy. Contemporary Economic Policy, 28(3), July, 353-365.
Ortega-Argilés, R. and R. Moreno (2009) Evidence on the role of ownership structure on Firm's Innovative Performance, Investigaciones Regionales-Journal of Regional Research 15, 231-250.
Ortega-Argilés, R.; M. Vivarelli and P. Voigt (2009) R&D in SMEs: A Paradox?, Small Business Economics, 33(1), 3-11.
Ortega-Argilés, R., Moreno, R., and J. Suriñach (2006) La aplicación de los mecanismos de control de los problemas de agencia. Un análisis de las empresas manufactureras españolas, ICE Revista de Economía, 829, 235-251.
Ortega-Argilés, R., Moreno, R., and J. Suriñach (2005) Ownership Structure and Innovation: Is there a real link?, Annals of Regional Science, 39(4), 637-662.
Book chapters (since 2011)
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (2020) Universities and their economic and social contribution to regional development. In: Varga, A and Erdos, K. (eds) Handbook of Universities and Regional Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (2019) Perspectives on Smart Specialisation Policies in Lagging Regions, p. 17-28 in: Barzotto, M., Corradini, C., Fai, F.M., Labory, S., and Tomlinson, P.R., (eds.) Revitalising Lagging Regions: Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0, Regional Studies Policy Impact Books, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London. https://doi.org/10.1080/2578711X.2019.1621098
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (forthcoming) Universities and their economic and social contribution to regional development. In: Attila, V (eds) Handbook of Universities and Regional Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
Bedreaga, I.R., Ortega-Argilés, R. and P. Mccann (2018) Multinational Performance and Geography of FDI: Issues of Embeddedness, Strategic Fit and the Dimension of Distance. In: Beaverstock, J., The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London.
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2017) The Intellectual and Practical Bases of the Application of RIS3 within EU Cohesion Policy, p.8-22. In: McCann, P., van Oort, F and J. Goddard, The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London.
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2017) Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialisation. In: Huggins. R., and Thompson, P., (eds.) Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives on Economic Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2016) Innovation, R&D and Knowledge Spillovers: The Role Played by Geographical and Non-Geographical Factors. In. Shearmur, Richard and Christophe Carrincazeaux, Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2016) Smart Specialisation and its role in a reformed EU Cohesion Policy: Innovation, Ideas and Implementation. In: Piattoni, S. and Poverari, L. (eds.), Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
Acs, Z., Szerb, L., Ortega-Argilés, R., Aidis, R. and A. Coduras (2015) “The Regional application of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): The Case of Spain”, Regional Studies, 49(12), 1977-1994, in Acs Z., Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives. The Mason Years, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
Foray, D., McCann, P., & Ortega Argiles, R. (2015). Smart Specialisation and European Regional Development Policy. In D. B. Audretsch, A. N. Link, & M. L. Walshok (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness. (pp. 458-481). New York: Oxford University Press.
Szerb, L.; Komlósi, E.; Ács, Z.J. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013) "Measuring Regional Entrepreneurship in Hungary," In: Proceedings- 11th International Conference on Management, Enterprise and Benchmarking (MEB 2012), Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management http://kgk.uni-obuda.hu/sites/default/files/04_Szerb_et_al.pdf
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013) Smart Specialisation, Regional Innovation Systems, and EU Cohesion Policy. In: Thissen, M., van Oort, F., Diodato, D., and Ruijs, A. (eds.), Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialisation in Europe: Place-based development in international economic networks. Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013) R&D, Productivity and the Transatlantic Productivity Gap. In: Giarratani, F., Hewing, G.J.D, and McCann, P., (eds.), Handbook of Economic Geography and Industry Studies, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham
McCann, P. and Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013) Some Practical Elements Associated with the Design of and Integrated and Territorial Place-Based Approach to EU Cohesion Policy, In: Crescenzi, R. and M. Percoco (eds.), Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance, Advances in Spatial Science Series, 95-118, Springer, Berlin. (http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/book/978-3-642-33394-1)
Cozza, C.; R. Ortega-Argilés; M. Piva and R. Baptista (2012) Productivity gaps among EU regions, In: Audretsch, D.B.; Lehmann, E.E.; Link, A.N.; Starnecker, A., Technology Transfer in a Global Economy, International Studies on Entrepreneurship, vol 28. Springer, Berlin. (http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/technology+management/book/978-1-4614-6101-2)
Economic Policy Analysis Publications (since 2011)
Carrascal-Incera, A., Hewings, G and R. Ortega-Argiles, 2020, Trade and the West Midlands Economy, City-REDI Policy Briefing
Carrascal-Incera, A., Hewings, G and R. Ortega-Argiles, 2020, The Structure of the West Midlands Economy: West Midlands in the UK context, City-REDI Policy Briefing
Midlands Engine Independent Economic Review, 2020.
Bloomfield, J., Broadley, S., Coulter, B., Dragomir, B., Dunk, H., Freer, M., Glossop, C., Harper, G., Homan, J., Kerr, A., Nagorny-Koring, N. C., Ortega Argiles, R., Utikal, H., Wheeler, L., Wyke, S. & Yousuf, N., 2019, Connected clusters: landscaping study, University of Birmingham.
“UK Regions”, in: Menon et al. (eds.) Article 50 Two Years on, The UK in a Changing Europe (with Philip McCann), see: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Article-50-two-years-on.pdf
“The economic implications of Brexit on both sides of the Irish border”, in: Menon et al. (eds.) The Island of Ireland, The UK in a Changing Europe (with Philip McCann)
Menon et al. (2018) The Cost of No Deal Revisited, The UK in a Changing Europe, September 2018.
Bailey, D.; McCann, P. and Ortega-Argiles, R. (2018) Could Brexit spell the end for “just-in-time” production?, Prospect Magazine
Ortega-Argiles et al. (2018) How Brexit will hit different UK regions and industries, The Conversation UK, February 9 2018
Ortega-Argiles et al. (2017) Analysing the continental divide?, AgendaNI, 20 December 2017
Chen, W., Los, B., McCann P., Ortega-Argiles R., Thissen M., van Oort, F (2017) Exposure to Brexit in regions on both sides of the Channel, Vox EU, 19 December 2017
“Regional and sectoral impacts of Brexit”, in: Menon, A. et al. (eds.), Article 50 one year on, The UK in a Changing Europe (with Chloe Billing and Philip McCann), see: http://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/77626-UKIN-Article-50-one-year-on-.pdf
“The regional policy implications of Brexit”, in: Menon, A. et al. (eds), Brexit: Local and Devolved Government, The UK in a Changing Europe, (with Philip McCann). See: http://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Brexit-local-and-devolved-goverment-report.pdf
Los, B., Chen, W., McCann, P., Ortega-Argiles, R., 2017, An Assessment of Brexit Risks for 54 Industries: Most Services Industries are also Exposed, City-REDI Policy Briefings Series, December 2017, see: An Assessment of Brexit Risks for 54 Industries: Most Services Industries are also Exposed
Terzidis, N., van Maarseveen, R. and Ortega-Argiles, R., 2017. "Employment Polarization in local labor markets: the Dutch case," CPB Discussion Paper 358, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
“Brexit and the Politics of the UK: Regional Implications”, 2017, in Menon, A., and Wilson, A., (eds.), EU Referendum One Year On, UK in a Changing Europe and the Political Studies Association, London, 22 June, (with Philip McCann), See: http://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/One-year-on.pdf
Ranga, M., Ortega-Argilés, R., and Bartzokas, A. (2015) Pre-peer Review of Hungarian Research and Innovation System. Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility. European Commission DG Research and Innovation https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/library/horizon-2020-policy-support-facility-pre-peer-review-hungarian-research-and-innovation
Szerb, L., Acs, Z.J., Autio, E., Ortega-Argilés, R., Komlosi, E. (2014) REDI: The Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index. Measuring Regional Entrepreneurship in the European Union. Final report of the project EC-DGUrban and Regional Policy 2012.CE.16.BAT.057 Doi: 10.2776/79241
Ortega-Argilés (2014) ERAWATCH country report 2012: The Netherlands, European Commission, JRC, IPTS and DG-RTD, ERAWATCH network. http://erawatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/erawatch/opencms/information/reports/countries/nl/report_0006
DOI: 10.2791/46464
Ortega-Argilés (2013) Regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation: the case of Extremadura, document elaborated for DGRegional and Urban Policy, European Commission, under the project: Expertise RIS3 Spain-Extremadura-Castilla La Mancha – No2012CE160AT059. February 2013.
Ortega-Argilés (2013) Regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation: the case of Castilla la Mancha, document elaborated for DGRegional and Urban Policy, European Commission, under the project: Expertise RIS3 Spain-Extremadura-Castilla La Mancha – No2012CE160AT059. February 2013.
OECD (2012) “Draft Synthesis Report on Innovation Driven-Growth in Regions: The Role of Smart Specialisation”, December 2012, OECD-TIP-Innovation and Technology Policy.
http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/research-and-innovation/documents/guide/draft_12_12_2011.pdf
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2012) “Study of R&D-Productivity Link at the Industry Level,” Study elaborated for the department of Innovation and Competitiveness of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, June 2012.
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2012) “Economic Transformation Strategies: Smart Specialisation case studies”, report elaborated for DG Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, January 2012. http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1f05532a-9ab5-4324-8eeb-4acb7b72e17f&groupId=10157
Foray, D.; Goddard, J., Goenaga, X., Landabaso, M., McCann, P., Morgan, K., Nauwelaers, C., Ortega-Argilés, R., Mulatero, F. (2011) RIS3 GUIDE, European Commission – Regional Policy and Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Center, Smart Specialisation Platform:
Journal Book reviews (within the last 5 years)
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2014) “Working regions: reconnecting innovation and production in the knowledge economy”, Regional Studies, 48(8), 1449-1450. 10.1080/00343404.2014.938467
Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013) Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. National and Regional Perspectives, by Michael Fritsch, Journal of Regional Science, 53(2), 362-264.
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