Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to argue that neoinstitutional theory can provide
insights into the conflicts between social ends and economic means within social …

Due to 'dark sides' of global value chain integration, a growing body of literature engages
with regional value chains (RVC) as alternative strategy for inclusive regional development …

Characterizing the leadership in research is important to revealing the interaction pattern
and organizational structure through research collaboration. This research defines the …

Local and regional governments in western European peripheral areas aim to spur leisure-
led regional development. We explore planning for leisure by applying an evolutionary …

In the spirit of this exchange's call for more “methodological talk” in explanation, I suggest
that polyphonic disunity that has prompted persistent calls in economic geography for some …

China's venture capital (VC) industry has experienced rapid growth over the past two
decades and plays an increasingly important role in economic growth. Although venture …

The last four decades have seen major changes in the global economy, with the collapse of
communism and the spread of capitalism into parts of the world from which it had previously …

This project aims to make a conceptual, methodological and empirical contribution to the
burgeoning field of Evolutionary Perspectives in Economic Geography. To date …

The macroeconomic impacts of resource-based development are diverse across national
space. However, the more export dependent and geographically peripheral the region, the …

Recombination innovation is a process of creatively combining different knowledge domains
in an invention. Recombination innovation in R&D collaboration–joint recombination …