Joan Crespo

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Joan Crespo is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Crespo has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Strategy and Management and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Joan Crespo's work include Regional Development and Policy (7 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (7 papers) and Regional resilience and development (4 papers). Joan Crespo is often cited by papers focused on Regional Development and Policy (7 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (7 papers) and Regional resilience and development (4 papers). Joan Crespo collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and Netherlands. Joan Crespo's co-authors include Pierre‐Alexandre Balland, David L. Rigby, Ron Boschma, Jérôme Vicente, Raphaël Suire, Denis Réquier-Desjardins, Frédéric Amblard, Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, David Conesa and Jesús Peiró‐Palomino and has published in prestigious journals such as Technovation, Regional Studies and Food Policy.

In The Last Decade

Joan Crespo

16 papers receiving 717 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Smart specialization policy in the European Union: relatedness, knowledge complexity and regional diversification

2018 514 citations Pierre‐Alexandre Balland, Ron Boschma et al. Regional Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Crespo France	9	542	273	184	179	50	19	751
R.A. Boschma Netherlands	7	775 1.4×	276 1.0×	197 1.1×	218 1.2×	78 1.6×	13	990
Jérôme Vicente France	14	361 0.7×	152 0.6×	133 0.7×	355 2.0×	27 0.5×	36	726
Paolo Saviotti France	7	224 0.4×	76 0.3×	111 0.6×	216 1.2×	38 0.8×	10	509
Renato García Brazil	13	208 0.4×	63 0.2×	134 0.7×	235 1.3×	32 0.6×	83	520
Thomas Baumert Spain	8	337 0.6×	118 0.4×	94 0.5×	146 0.8×	19 0.4×	45	522
Rik Wenting Netherlands	5	403 0.7×	120 0.4×	104 0.6×	135 0.8×	30 0.6×	7	562
Nadine Massard France	11	415 0.8×	180 0.7×	139 0.8×	256 1.4×	25 0.5×	25	641
Lauretta Rubini Italy	12	206 0.4×	89 0.3×	59 0.3×	121 0.7×	68 1.4×	36	378
Patrick Adler Canada	9	332 0.6×	84 0.3×	127 0.7×	90 0.5×	19 0.4×	22	577

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Crespo

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19 of 19 papers shown

Crespo, Joan & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino. (2025). Long-Run Innovation Patterns in US Cities: Shifting Landscapes and Technological Change. Economic Geography. 101(2-3). 122–154.

Crespo, Joan, et al.. (2025). Find the gap? A socio-semantic network approach on digital entrepreneurial ecosystems. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 1–30.

Vicente, Jérôme & Joan Crespo. (2024). The economic geography of digital platformization. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Conesa, David, et al.. (2024). Unlocking university efficiency: a Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis. International Transactions in Operational Research. 32(5). 2620–2644. 2 indexed citations

Crespo, Joan, Jesús Peiró‐Palomino, & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina. (2021). Does university performance have an economic payoff for home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces. Industry and Innovation. 29(4). 564–596. 1 indexed citations

Crespo, Joan, et al.. (2021). Unraveling the multi-scalar and evolutionary forces of entrepreneurial ecosystems: A historical event analysis applied to IoT Valley. Technovation. 108. 102329–102329. 10 indexed citations

Crespo, Joan. (2021). Agencies, scales and times of path creation: The case of IoT in Toulouse. Regional Science Policy & Practice. 13(5). 1527–1545. 3 indexed citations

Vicente, Jérôme, Pierre‐Alexandre Balland, & Joan Crespo. (2018). Les fondements micro du changement structurel régional. Revue d’Économie Régionale & Urbaine. Décembre(5). 1013–1040. 6 indexed citations

Balland, Pierre‐Alexandre, Ron Boschma, Joan Crespo, & David L. Rigby. (2018). Smart specialization policy in the European Union: relatedness, knowledge complexity and regional diversification. Regional Studies. 53(9). 1252–1268. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Balland, Pierre‐Alexandre, Ron Boschma, Joan Crespo, & David L. Rigby. (2017). Smart Specialization policy in the EU: Relatedness, Knowledge Complexity and Regional Diversification. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations

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Balland, Pierre‐Alexandre, Ron Boschma, Joan Crespo, & David L. Rigby. (2017). Smart Specialization Policy in the EU: Relatedness, Knowledge Complexity and Regional Diversification. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, Raphaël Suire, & Jérôme Vicente. (2015). Network structural properties for cluster long-run dynamics: evidence from collaborative R&D networks in the European mobile phone industry. Industrial and Corporate Change. 25(2). 261–282. 46 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, Jérôme Vicente, & Frédéric Amblard. (2015). Micro-behaviors and structural properties of knowledge networks: toward a ‘one size fits one’ cluster policy. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 25(6). 533–552. 7 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan & Jérôme Vicente. (2015). Proximity and Distance in Knowledge Relationships: From Micro to Structural Considerations based on Territorial Knowledge Dynamics (TKDs). Regional Studies. 50(2). 202–219. 24 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, Denis Réquier-Desjardins, & Jérôme Vicente. (2014). Why can collective action fail in Local Agri-food Systems? A social network analysis of cheese producers in Aculco, Mexico. Food Policy. 46. 165–177. 48 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, Raphaël Suire, & Jérôme Vicente. (2013). Network Structural Properties for Cluster Long Run Dynamics. Evidence from Collaborative R&D Networks in the European Mobile Phone Industry. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, Raphaël Suire, & Jérôme Vicente. (2012). Lock-In or Lock-Out?: How Structural Properties of Knowledge Networks Affect Regional Resilience. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations

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Crespo, Joan, et al.. (2012). Why Can Collective Action Fail in Local Agri-Food Systems? A Social Network Analysis of Cheese Producers in Aculco, Mexico. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Crespo, Joan. (2011). How Emergence Conditions of Technological Clusters Affect Their Viability? Theoretical Perspectives on Cluster Life Cycles. European Planning Studies. 19(12). 2025–2046. 33 indexed citations

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