Deindustrialization is central to the renewed concern with the social and spatial inequalities
and political-economic discontent evident in so-called left behind places in the global North …

Social network analysis has become a popular methodology in human geography. This
article develops three propositions–connectivity, contextuality, and reflexivity–for relational …

In recent decades, accelerating processes of globalization and an increase in economic
inequality in most of the world's countries have raised the question of the emergence of a …

The smart specialization approach has guided regional innovation policies in Europe for
roughly a decade. However, the policy practice under the approach has met considerable …

Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing
criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically …

Across OECD countries productivity growth has slowed, not just in recent years but over the
past four decades: the so-called productivity puzzle. This paper examines the differing …

In response to the article 'Six critical questions about smart specialization'and Dominique
Foray's reply to that article, this paper identifies several more questions to be asked about …

" Global Migration beyond Limits carefully considers but ultimately rejects the idea that
migration is driven by the choices of individual migrants, and instead starts from the idea that …

This paper compares the creative economies of the US and the UK regions and nations
using high-quality administrative microdata spanning the period 2011–13. The creative …

Previous research shows ample evidence that regional diversification is strongly path
dependent, as regions are more likely to diversify into related than unrelated activities. In this …