Economic complexity methods have become popular tools in economic geography,
international development and innovation studies. Here, I review economic complexity …

The research agendas of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global value chains
(GVCs) have developed more or less independently from each other, with little interaction so …

Which countries are likely to have the productive capabilities to thrive in the green
economy? How might countries reorient their existing industrial structures to be more …

abstract Who introduces structural change in regional economies: Entrepreneurs or existing
firms? And do local or nonlocal establishment founders create most novelty in a region? We …

We find that increases in employer concentration causally reduce wages, using a new
instrument for employer concentration based on changes in large firms' national hiring …

Two main targets of contemporary preferential innovation policy support, especially in
Europe, are key enabling technologies (KETs) and innovation 'missions' focused on solving …

Micro-level analysis of innovation performance has become increasingly crucial to
innovative policy in the context of innovation-driven economies. A micro-influence …

Groups of firms often achieve a competitive advantage through the formation of geo-
industrial clusters. Although many exemplary clusters are the subjects of case studies …

The potential impact of automation on the labour market is a topic that has generated
significant interest and concern amongst scholars, policymakers and the broader public. A …

We employ finely geo-coded firm-level panel data to assess the long-standing question
whether agglomeration economies derive from specialization (within-industry), diversity …