Industry 4.0 is a word that identifies innovative technologies, processes and products, typical
of a Fourth Industrial Revolution characterised by a massive and pervasive use of …

This paper investigates whether related variety, among other types of spatial externalities,
affected regional growth in Spain at the NUTS 3 level during the period 1995–2007. We …

Industrial diversification is crucial for economies to prosper. Recent studies have shown that
regional economies tend to diversify into sectors that are related to those already present in …

The aim of this article is to explore how new industrial paths emerge and grow in peripheral
regional economies. Current conceptualizations of regional path development are based on …

This paper discusses two influential policy concepts at the European level that aim to
promote economic diversification of regions, that is the Constructing Regional Advantage …

Essletzbichler J. Relatedness, industrial branching and technological cohesion in US
metropolitan areas, Regional Studies. Work by evolutionary economic geographers on the …

In recent years economic complexity has grown into an active field of fundamental and
applied research. Yet, despite important advances, the policy implications of economic …

We explore the impact of technological changes brought in by the Fourth Industrial
Revolution on local systems of industrial specialization. To do so we connect the Evolutional …

This paper reflects on the implementation of the RIS3 policy agenda. Based on two surveys
and various phone interviews, it underlines that Europe's diverse pattern of institutional …

Over the last years, models of path dependent regional industrial development have come to
exercise increasing influence over academic work in economic geography, innovation …