Mário Vales
Biographic Data
| ID | 3758752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mário Vales |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mário |
| FAMILY NAME | Vales |
| SIGNATURE | VALES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4548-2459 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Algorithmic frictions: How couriers shape and subvert on-demand delivery platforms in lisbon
This article advances the conceptualization of algorithmic frictions by examining how couriers navigate the intersection of algorithmic systems and urban spaces on on-demand delivery platforms. Drawing on an autoethnographic account of courier work in Lisbon in 2019 that was subsequently interpreted collaboratively and triangulated with other methods, the study illustrates how frictions arise from the interactions between platforms, local urban c…
Diversification strategies for manufacturing essential Covid-19 products: A dialogue between regional preconditions and change agency
This study explores company diversification processes triggered by the shortage of COVID-19 products in Spain during the pandemic. The phenomenon is interpreted through the lens of ‘regional opportunity spaces’. Regional preconditions (e.g., industry relatedness) and change agency are also explored, confirming the decisive influence of the former dimensions. The study was conducted from a multi-scalar perspective using mixed methods which include…
Regional development and non-territorial policies: Meaningful evidence of a neglected relation
In the period after the 2008 financial crisis, the European Union and Brazil experienced, respectively, periods of regional divergence and convergence. The research developed in these two territories brings new evidence on the importance of non-territorial policies, that worked as indirect regional policy , for these trajectories. In the case of the EU, (direct) regional policy was not strong enough to counteract more non-territorial policies tha…
Are peripheral regions in troubled waters for sustainability transitions? A systematic analysis of the literature
While the role of cities and regions is increasingly acknowledged for climate action and discussed in the literature on sustainability transitions, the specific condition of peripheral regions has received less attention. This article develops a bibliometric review to shed light and discuss how the (multi-dimensional) notion of periphery has been conceived and implicitly declinate in different literature streams studying low-carbon sustainability…
Skill‐Relatedness and Regional Economic Development in Spain during the International Crisis and the Post‐Crisis Period
The aim of this research was to study the influence of related variety on the economic performance of Spanish provinces during the international crisis (2009–2013) and the post‐crisis period (2014–2018), with the goal of contributing to assess the validity of the skill‐relatedness approach. The research is based on labor flows in a sample of more than one million affiliated workers. Our results confirmed the influence of related variety on the gr…
Is the Covid‐19 pandemic accelerating the platformisation of the urban economy
This paper shows that, while the pandemic lockdown decelerated everyday life, it has also potentiated further acceleration of the platformisation of urban economic sectors. We show this through an empirical qualitative study of the restaurant sector in Lisbon, in which we found that: (i) the digitalisation of three management tasks during the COVID‐19 lockdown – namely marketing, customer relationship management, and delivery tasks – was the trig…
Geography in the Big Data Age: An Overview of the Historical Resonance of Current Debates
Although much has been written about the challenges of big data, there has been little reflection on the historicity of such debates and what we can learn from it. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to situate the epistemological debates over big data in geography historically. We focus on the three most relevant topics in current discussions around big data that have significant historical resonance, namely its methodological challeng…
The Cyberdivisions Produced by the Design of VGI under the Platform Economy: The Case of the Restaurant Sector in TripAdvisor
There is increasing concern regarding the inequalities produced by digital platforms based on volunteered geographic information (VGI). Several forms of inequalities have been observed, namely the unequal spatial coverage and the uneven levels of usage even in territories with good coverage. However, VGI platforms under the logic of platform economy have generated other forms of spatial inequality that require more attention. The cyberspace withi…
The three levels of the urban digital divide: Bridging issues of coverage, usage and its outcomes in VGI platforms
This article aims to provide a more detailed conception of the production of urban digital divides by VGI platforms in the context of the platform economy, through the articulation of the first (access and coverage), second (usage and skills) and third (outcomes) level of the digital divide. Our conceptual approach departs from a discussion of the geographical consequences of the different levels of the digital divide, focusing on their applicati…
Urban experimentation and smart cities: A Foucauldian and autonomist approach
This paper provides an analytical framework capable of critically analysing the currently hegemonic phenomenon of smart cities in the contemporary metropolis, particularly concerning their assumptions and potential effects. Using a critical perspective through the scope of governmentality studies and autonomist literature, an analytical framework is presented that allows for the comprehension and critical analysis of the phenomenon in question. B…
Biotech by bricolage? Agency, institutional relatedness and new path development in peripheral regions
This article develops a framework to understand new industrial path development in peripheral regions based on notions of ‘bricolage’ and ‘institutional relatedness’. While the first stresses the agency of (heterogeneous) actors’ resourcefulness and strategic improvisation co-shaping new industrial paths, the latter highlights the transposition of related institutional settings within regions to amplify (or to limit) the search space for new indu…
Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology
Vale M. and Carvalho L. Knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology firms. It argues that distant knowledge networks are absolutely necessary to promote biotechnology emergence and early growth in non-high-technology regions such as Portugal. Hence, localized knowledge interactions become essential t…
Fashion and the Governance of Knowledge in a Traditional Industry: The Case of the Footwear Sectoral Innovation System in the Northern Region of Portugal
The paper deals with the footwear industry as a sectoral innovation system. It particularly focuses on the incidental role of fashion in restructuring and innovation within the footwear production. The importance taken by fashion leads towards a more complicated reading of the recent changes of this industry, regarding its organization, innovation processes, and its mode of technological knowledge governance. More especially, within the tradition…
Proximity and Knowledge Governance in Localized Production Systems: The Footwear Industry in the North Region of Portugal
Proximity is a key concept in the explanation of traditional and emergent production systems. Recently, the role of geographical proximity has been qualified on the basis of the argument that other types of proximity should also be taken into account in the explanation of innovation and, particularly, knowledge governance in production systems (e.g. sectoral innovation systems, global production networks, etc.). Drawing on in-depth research at th…
Innovation and Knowledge Driven by a Focal Corporation: The Case of the Autoeuropa Supply Chain
Traditionally, transnational subsidiaries in peripheral regions were labelled ‘cathedrals in the desert’ as they did not establish significant links with local or regional producers and did not control the decisionmaking process. The work of economists and geographers has tended to be heavily influenced by the branch plant stereotype. However, this rather basic vision of reality is now changing as inward investments promoted by transnational corp…
Economic restructuring, social re-composition and recent urban changes in Portugal
Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology
Vale M. and Carvalho L. Knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology firms. It argues that distant knowledge networks are absolutely necessary to promote biotechnology emergence and early growth in non-high-technology regions such as Portugal. Hence, localized knowledge interactions become essential t…
Biotech by bricolage? Agency, institutional relatedness and new path development in peripheral regions
This article develops a framework to understand new industrial path development in peripheral regions based on notions of ‘bricolage’ and ‘institutional relatedness’. While the first stresses the agency of (heterogeneous) actors’ resourcefulness and strategic improvisation co-shaping new industrial paths, the latter highlights the transposition of related institutional settings within regions to amplify (or to limit) the search space for new indu…
Geography in the Big Data Age: An Overview of the Historical Resonance of Current Debates
Although much has been written about the challenges of big data, there has been little reflection on the historicity of such debates and what we can learn from it. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to situate the epistemological debates over big data in geography historically. We focus on the three most relevant topics in current discussions around big data that have significant historical resonance, namely its methodological challeng…
Economic restructuring, social re-composition and recent urban changes in Portugal
Are peripheral regions in troubled waters for sustainability transitions? A systematic analysis of the literature
While the role of cities and regions is increasingly acknowledged for climate action and discussed in the literature on sustainability transitions, the specific condition of peripheral regions has received less attention. This article develops a bibliometric review to shed light and discuss how the (multi-dimensional) notion of periphery has been conceived and implicitly declinate in different literature streams studying low-carbon sustainability…
Skill‐Relatedness and Regional Economic Development in Spain during the International Crisis and the Post‐Crisis Period
The aim of this research was to study the influence of related variety on the economic performance of Spanish provinces during the international crisis (2009–2013) and the post‐crisis period (2014–2018), with the goal of contributing to assess the validity of the skill‐relatedness approach. The research is based on labor flows in a sample of more than one million affiliated workers. Our results confirmed the influence of related variety on the gr…
The three levels of the urban digital divide: Bridging issues of coverage, usage and its outcomes in VGI platforms
This article aims to provide a more detailed conception of the production of urban digital divides by VGI platforms in the context of the platform economy, through the articulation of the first (access and coverage), second (usage and skills) and third (outcomes) level of the digital divide. Our conceptual approach departs from a discussion of the geographical consequences of the different levels of the digital divide, focusing on their applicati…
Is the Covid‐19 pandemic accelerating the platformisation of the urban economy
This paper shows that, while the pandemic lockdown decelerated everyday life, it has also potentiated further acceleration of the platformisation of urban economic sectors. We show this through an empirical qualitative study of the restaurant sector in Lisbon, in which we found that: (i) the digitalisation of three management tasks during the COVID‐19 lockdown – namely marketing, customer relationship management, and delivery tasks – was the trig…
Urban experimentation and smart cities: A Foucauldian and autonomist approach
This paper provides an analytical framework capable of critically analysing the currently hegemonic phenomenon of smart cities in the contemporary metropolis, particularly concerning their assumptions and potential effects. Using a critical perspective through the scope of governmentality studies and autonomist literature, an analytical framework is presented that allows for the comprehension and critical analysis of the phenomenon in question. B…
Innovation and Knowledge Driven by a Focal Corporation: The Case of the Autoeuropa Supply Chain
Traditionally, transnational subsidiaries in peripheral regions were labelled ‘cathedrals in the desert’ as they did not establish significant links with local or regional producers and did not control the decisionmaking process. The work of economists and geographers has tended to be heavily influenced by the branch plant stereotype. However, this rather basic vision of reality is now changing as inward investments promoted by transnational corp…
Economic restructuring, social re-composition and recent urban changes in Portugal
Innovation and Knowledge Driven by a Focal Corporation: The Case of the Autoeuropa Supply Chain
Traditionally, transnational subsidiaries in peripheral regions were labelled ‘cathedrals in the desert’ as they did not establish significant links with local or regional producers and did not control the decisionmaking process. The work of economists and geographers has tended to be heavily influenced by the branch plant stereotype. However, this rather basic vision of reality is now changing as inward investments promoted by transnational corp…
Proximity and Knowledge Governance in Localized Production Systems: The Footwear Industry in the North Region of Portugal
Proximity is a key concept in the explanation of traditional and emergent production systems. Recently, the role of geographical proximity has been qualified on the basis of the argument that other types of proximity should also be taken into account in the explanation of innovation and, particularly, knowledge governance in production systems (e.g. sectoral innovation systems, global production networks, etc.). Drawing on in-depth research at th…
Fashion and the Governance of Knowledge in a Traditional Industry: The Case of the Footwear Sectoral Innovation System in the Northern Region of Portugal
The paper deals with the footwear industry as a sectoral innovation system. It particularly focuses on the incidental role of fashion in restructuring and innovation within the footwear production. The importance taken by fashion leads towards a more complicated reading of the recent changes of this industry, regarding its organization, innovation processes, and its mode of technological knowledge governance. More especially, within the tradition…
Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology
Vale M. and Carvalho L. Knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the knowledge networks and processes of anchoring in Portuguese biotechnology firms. It argues that distant knowledge networks are absolutely necessary to promote biotechnology emergence and early growth in non-high-technology regions such as Portugal. Hence, localized knowledge interactions become essential t…
Biotech by bricolage? Agency, institutional relatedness and new path development in peripheral regions
This article develops a framework to understand new industrial path development in peripheral regions based on notions of ‘bricolage’ and ‘institutional relatedness’. While the first stresses the agency of (heterogeneous) actors’ resourcefulness and strategic improvisation co-shaping new industrial paths, the latter highlights the transposition of related institutional settings within regions to amplify (or to limit) the search space for new indu…
Urban experimentation and smart cities: A Foucauldian and autonomist approach
This paper provides an analytical framework capable of critically analysing the currently hegemonic phenomenon of smart cities in the contemporary metropolis, particularly concerning their assumptions and potential effects. Using a critical perspective through the scope of governmentality studies and autonomist literature, an analytical framework is presented that allows for the comprehension and critical analysis of the phenomenon in question. B…
The Cyberdivisions Produced by the Design of VGI under the Platform Economy: The Case of the Restaurant Sector in TripAdvisor
There is increasing concern regarding the inequalities produced by digital platforms based on volunteered geographic information (VGI). Several forms of inequalities have been observed, namely the unequal spatial coverage and the uneven levels of usage even in territories with good coverage. However, VGI platforms under the logic of platform economy have generated other forms of spatial inequality that require more attention. The cyberspace withi…
The three levels of the urban digital divide: Bridging issues of coverage, usage and its outcomes in VGI platforms
This article aims to provide a more detailed conception of the production of urban digital divides by VGI platforms in the context of the platform economy, through the articulation of the first (access and coverage), second (usage and skills) and third (outcomes) level of the digital divide. Our conceptual approach departs from a discussion of the geographical consequences of the different levels of the digital divide, focusing on their applicati…
Skill‐Relatedness and Regional Economic Development in Spain during the International Crisis and the Post‐Crisis Period
The aim of this research was to study the influence of related variety on the economic performance of Spanish provinces during the international crisis (2009–2013) and the post‐crisis period (2014–2018), with the goal of contributing to assess the validity of the skill‐relatedness approach. The research is based on labor flows in a sample of more than one million affiliated workers. Our results confirmed the influence of related variety on the gr…
Is the Covid‐19 pandemic accelerating the platformisation of the urban economy
This paper shows that, while the pandemic lockdown decelerated everyday life, it has also potentiated further acceleration of the platformisation of urban economic sectors. We show this through an empirical qualitative study of the restaurant sector in Lisbon, in which we found that: (i) the digitalisation of three management tasks during the COVID‐19 lockdown – namely marketing, customer relationship management, and delivery tasks – was the trig…
Geography in the Big Data Age: An Overview of the Historical Resonance of Current Debates
Although much has been written about the challenges of big data, there has been little reflection on the historicity of such debates and what we can learn from it. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to situate the epistemological debates over big data in geography historically. We focus on the three most relevant topics in current discussions around big data that have significant historical resonance, namely its methodological challeng…
Are peripheral regions in troubled waters for sustainability transitions? A systematic analysis of the literature
While the role of cities and regions is increasingly acknowledged for climate action and discussed in the literature on sustainability transitions, the specific condition of peripheral regions has received less attention. This article develops a bibliometric review to shed light and discuss how the (multi-dimensional) notion of periphery has been conceived and implicitly declinate in different literature streams studying low-carbon sustainability…
Regional development and non-territorial policies: Meaningful evidence of a neglected relation
In the period after the 2008 financial crisis, the European Union and Brazil experienced, respectively, periods of regional divergence and convergence. The research developed in these two territories brings new evidence on the importance of non-territorial policies, that worked as indirect regional policy , for these trajectories. In the case of the EU, (direct) regional policy was not strong enough to counteract more non-territorial policies tha…
Diversification strategies for manufacturing essential Covid-19 products: A dialogue between regional preconditions and change agency
This study explores company diversification processes triggered by the shortage of COVID-19 products in Spain during the pandemic. The phenomenon is interpreted through the lens of ‘regional opportunity spaces’. Regional preconditions (e.g., industry relatedness) and change agency are also explored, confirming the decisive influence of the former dimensions. The study was conducted from a multi-scalar perspective using mixed methods which include…
Algorithmic frictions: How couriers shape and subvert on-demand delivery platforms in lisbon
This article advances the conceptualization of algorithmic frictions by examining how couriers navigate the intersection of algorithmic systems and urban spaces on on-demand delivery platforms. Drawing on an autoethnographic account of courier work in Lisbon in 2019 that was subsequently interpreted collaboratively and triangulated with other methods, the study illustrates how frictions arise from the interactions between platforms, local urban c…
Computer Science (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Regional science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Sharing Economy and Platforms (4 works) · Social science (4 works)