Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a
powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation in …

This review covers the recent literature on the geography of sustainability transitions and
takes stock with achieved theoretical and empirical insights. The review synthesises and …

Path creation is a key concept in economic geography. So far, particularly scholars within
evolutionary economic geography have pioneered research on this topic. This paper …

A burgeoning strand of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) research is addressing
questions of regional path creation, based on the idea that place-specific legacies and …

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

This study operationalizes the knowledge-based dynamic capabilities (KBDC) that act as
drivers of innovation performance in innovation ecosystems, across different market …

This article proposes a novel conceptualization of knowledge-intensive innovative
entrepreneurship, which can capture the main characteristics of a vital phenomenon in the …

The role of exogenous sources of new path development has been underplayed in the
literature on regional industrial change so far. The aim of this article is to explore in a …

This is the first book on a new policy approach that has been widely adopted in Europe and
beyond. It analyses the concept of smart specialisation and discuss the need for smart …

The smart specialization concept evolved as a response to the challenges associated with
innovation policy design in the European context, and more recently it has become of …