Although the assertion that 'history matters' has come to be coupled frequently with
references to the concept of path dependence, the precise meaning of the latter–and hence …

Since Paul David published his economic histories of path dependent innovation the subject
has exerted fascination upon scholars of innovation, technological change and, latterly …

Introduction Over the past two decades, the notion of 'emergence'has attracted increasing
attention and controversy across the social sciences (see, for example, Bickhard 2000; …

Explaining the growth and change of regions and cities is one of the great challenges for
social science. Cities or regions, like any other geographical scale of the economic system …

In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of 'path
dependence'and 'lock-in'as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their …

My aim in this contribution is to respond to the three preceding critiques of my Roepke
Lecture on 'Rethinking Regional Path Dependence: Beyond Lock‐in to Evolution'. Each …

Since Paul David first published his economic histories of path-dependent innovation, the
subject has exerted fascination upon scholars of innovation and technological change and …

It is now widely agreed that the transition to a knowledge-based or learning economy has
elevated the status and importance of regions in the world economy. In particular, regions …

One of the main issues regional science is dealing with is regional change. There are so
many questions involved in this topic, each of which is hard to answer and deserves a paper …

Two new terms enter this discourse, the first ('transversality') being recent as of early 2010,
the second ('platforms') being extant in the regional innovation context since approximately …