• Changes in unrelated variety and climbing the poverty ladder: a U-shaped relationship 

      Lu, Ren; Zhao, Xiangying; Peng, Xiangcai; Liu, Yinglin; Reve, Torger; Lv, Daguo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The purpose of this paper is to study how changes in unrelated variety influence individuals’ poverty alleviation. Drawing on the LiTS III database, we employed the Oprobit model to test 5007 individual-level observations ...
    • Cluster and co-located cluster effects: An empirical study of six Chinese city regions 

      Lu, Ren; Ruan, Min; Reve, Torger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We study how industrial clusters in three different life phases both influence and moderate total factor productivity (TFP) of other co-located industries or clusters. A multilevel regression model is applied to panel ...
    • Complementing clusters: a competitiveness rationale for infrastructure investments 

      Sasson, Amir; Reve, Torger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a novel application of cluster theory and cluster methodology to evaluate large infrastructure investments. The complementing clusters approach, which builds on the ...
    • Guanxi, structural hole and closure 

      Reve, Torger; Lu, Ren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Purpose — Understanding China’s economic success requires insights into its peculiar guanxi-based market. Many scholars are confused how to apply western network theories to the Chinese guanxi-based market. This paper ...
    • Kunnskapsbasert næringslivsutvikling 

      Reve, Torger; Sasson, Amir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Vår langsiktige verdiskaping avhenger imidlertid av vår evne til å ta i bruk kunnskapsressurser på en bedre måte enn hva vi gjør i dag. Med verdens høyeste kostnadsnivå har vi ikke så mange andre alternativer dersom vi ...
    • Norge som kapitalforvaltningsnasjon: Statens pensjons- fond utland under lupen 

      Nordkvelde, Marius; Reve, Torger (Journal article, 2014)
    • Relations among clusters 

      Lu, Ren; Reve, Torger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Many papers on economic geography have analysed industrial clusters, but few have addressed the relations among clusters. This paper discusses three types of relations among clusters to better understand why they occur and ...
    • Relations among clusters in six Chinese city regions 

      Lu, Ren; Zhang, Ruikan; Reve, Torger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Despite the considerable number of papers that have discussed industrial clusters, it is surprising that there is little research evidence on relations among clusters. This article collects longitudinal data on three ...
    • Theoretical and methodological advances in cluster research 

      Reve, Torger; Sasson, Amir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Purpose: The paper assesses the dissemination of cluster ideas advanced in the “Competitive Advantage of Nations” and three subsequent national studies and the reasons for their substantial public policy impact in Norway. ...