A new foreward by the author considers more recent developments in the econ omy and the implications for a theory of the firm and its growth. Rallet, Alain and Torre, Andre. The Coordination of Economic Actors. This paper gives an assessment about the success met by the various studies led at the frontier between industrial and spatial economics. The second part is about the integration between industry and space.
Examples highlight the role played by the question of coordination in some research programs.
In Search of a Connection. The purpose of this paper is to show that modern economic theory is able to provide a framework of reference that should allow Regional Science to progress. To this end, two fundamental questions are raised. The second is to explain the agglomeration of e conomic activities over space. The approach proposed in this essay is then illustrated by means of some simple models that borrow concepts and ideas from both Economics and Regional Science.