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

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 …

Evolutionary economic geography has sought to understand the development of regional
industrial pathways but tended to neglect both the multiscalarity of economic development …

Recent years have witnessed important changes in economic governance systems
represented as a scalar shift of economic and political power from national states to supra …

Regional economic development policy is recognized as a key tool governments use to
foster economic prosperity. Whether specialization (or diversity) of economic activities …

Evolutionary approaches in economic geography have contributed substantially to the
growing body of knowledge of regional development processes and their underlying …

In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of 'path
dependence'and 'lock-in'as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their …

This contribution argues that evolutionary economic geography needs to widen its
conceptual apparatus in order to engage with the grand challenges of our times. Instead of …

The study of regional growth paths is a key theme in economic geography and of elemental
interest for policy makers concerned with regional development. Evolutionary theory …

The evolutionary turn in economic geography has shed new light on historically contingent
regional preconditions for innovation and economic growth, which has the potential of …