Economic complexity methods have become popular tools in economic geography,
international development and innovation studies. Here, I review economic complexity …

Relatedness as driver of regional diversification: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The
regional diversification literature claims that regions diversify in new activities related to their …

Path creation is a key concept in economic geography. So far, particularly scholars within
evolutionary economic geography have pioneered research on this topic. This paper …

Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic
Geography and Transition Studies. Regional Studies. This paper develops a theoretical …

Prior research identifies relatedness as a key driver of new specializations in the domain of
green technologies. The present paper extends the evolutionary economic geography …

The article engages in a critical discussion of the related variety/regional branching
argument and foregrounds a more differentiated perspective on regional industrial path …

This annual lecture paper bridges two influential but parallel literature strands on
evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global production networks (GPN). It argues …

Dieter F. Kogler a,, Emil Evenhuis b,, Elisa Giuliani c,, Ron Martin d, Elvira Uyarra e, and
Ron Boschma f aSpatial Dynamics Lab, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental …

Economic diversification—the process by which locations enter new economic activities—is
known to be a combination of related and unrelated diversification. Related diversification is …

Since the introduction of the related variety concept in 2007, a number of studies have been
undertaken to analyse its effect on economic development. Our review of 21 studies makes …