Since the introduction of the related variety concept in 2007, a number of studies have been
undertaken to analyse its effect on economic development. Our review of 21 studies makes …

Castaldi C., Frenken K. and Los B. Related variety, unrelated variety and technological
breakthroughs: an analysis of US state-level patenting, Regional Studies. This paper …

This paper examines the leadership of places–cities, regions, communities–in Australia,
Finland, Germany, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom and explores the …

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

We conduct multilevel analyses of Norwegian data and find that related industrial variety is a
positive regional driver of enterprise innovation. Unrelated variety is a negative regional …

Kemeny T. and Storper M. Is specialization good for regional economic development?,
Regional Studies. Debates about urban growth and change often centre on specialization …

abstract There is increasing interest in the drivers of industrial diversification, and how these
depend on economic and industry structures. This article contributes to this line of inquiry by …

Relatedness, external linkages and regional innovation in Europe. Regional Studies. This
paper analyses if the generation of new knowledge benefits from the combination of similar …

From its start, evolutionary economic geography (EEG) has aimed to contribute to the
understanding of several topics in economic geography, as to why industries concentrate in …

This paper introduces indicators of regional related variety and unrelated variety to
conceptually overcome the current impasse in the specialization-diversity debate in …