The purpose of the study is to reveal specific features of modern EU innovation policy in the
context of its focus on sustainable European development and to conduct an assessment of …

Economic geographers have studied emerging industries in regions from various
perspectives, such as life cycle, evolutionary economic geography and systemic …

In the literature on regional industrial path development, the path-as-process perspective
conceptualizes the emergence, evolution, transformation, and decline of regional industries …

In this paper, we identify the patterns of change agency in peripheral regions and the forces
shaping them. The following are the main research questions:(a) what are the patterns of …

This article explores the transition of integrated periphery countries to a semi-periphery
status. It sets out to refine the broad category of 'semi-periphery', distinguishing between …

In recent years, regional innovation policies across Europe have relied on the smart
specialisation approach to support new path development. However, its focus on …

While broad evidence has been generated on the forces leading to divergent regional
industrial path development, we still do not fully understand how initial structural differences …

This article seeks to advance perspectives on powerful incumbent firms in (new) regional
industrial path development. Drawing on recent insights from transition studies, it is argued …

The established literature demonstrates the critical role of the policy mix in the formulation
and implementation of government policies for industrial upgrading. However, existing …

European regions are currently confronted with significant challenges stemming from the
green transition and technological disruption. These challenges impose growing pressure …