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

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 …

Economic complexity offers a potentially powerful paradigm to understand key societal
issues and challenges of our time. The underlying idea is that growth, development …

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies have the potential
to significantly disrupt labor markets. While AI and automation can augment the productivity …

The idea that skills, technology, and knowledge, are spatially concentrated, has a long
academic tradition. Yet, only recently this hypothesis has been empirically formalized and …

Boschma R. Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience, Regional Studies.
This paper proposes an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience. It conceptualizes …

Regional capabilities are regarded a pillar of Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3). There is yet
little focus in S3 policy on the role of interregional linkages. This study on 292 NUTS-2 …

As regions evolve, their economies become more complex, and they tend to diversify into
related activities. Although there is a bright side to this diversification process in terms of …

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 …

This paper aims to identify the future Industry 4.0 technology (I4T) centres of knowledge
production in Europe. We expect I4Ts to thrive in regions where they can draw on local …