Developing knowledge and practical guidelines for organizations and policy makers challenged with complex and urgent issues through research, collaborating with professionals and scholars and creating knowledge arenas across disciplines. Specific expertise in cluster and regional developments and social innovations using complex adaptive systems approaches.Re-aligning business and professional education to new economic realities and social challenges; government agencies in new roles of partnership and engagement to resolve social and economic challenges; and individuals in dealing with rapidly changing social and economic realities. Member of Regional Studies Association and British Academy of Management.