Our focus in this paper is on a somewhat curious feature of evolutionary economic
geography, namely that although concerned with evolution–with processes of historical …

Change is one of capitalism's constants. As a mode of economic organization, capitalism
never stands still. Its central imperative—the search for profit and wealth creation—drives a …

The paper explains the commonalities and differences between neoclassical, institutional
and evolutionary approaches that have been influential in economic geography during the …

Economic geography has recently seen various 'turns' in its way of thinking, adapting and
absorbing approaches that have been developed in related disciplines. Evolutionary …

Evolutionary economic geography theory stresses the importance of time and history to
explain the evolution of regional economies. Yet, consistent empirical treatment of …

Since the notion of path dependence entered the economics lexicon in the 1980s and early
1990s, particularly through the work of Paul David on the economic history of technology …

Economic geography has, over the past decade or so, drawn upon ideas from evolutionary
economics in trying to understand processes of regional growth and change. Recently …

Economic geographers increasingly consider the significance of history in shaping the
contemporary socio-economic landscape. Inspired by evolutionary economics (NELSON …

Martin R. and Sunley P. Towards a developmental turn in evolutionary economic
geography?, Regional Studies. Over the past couple of decades or so there have been …

abstract Evolutionary approaches in economic geography face questions about the
relationships between their concepts, theories, methods, politics, and policy implications …