The study of regional growth paths is a key theme in economic geography and of elemental
interest for regional development. This paper addresses the interplay between path …

In rapidly changing regional economies, less innovative European regions (henceforth
referred to as lagging-behind regions) must actively work to reduce the gap between them …

Since its emergence in the 1980s the national innovation system (NIS) concept has become
widely used by scholars and policymakers alike. In the course of its rapid diffusion it has …

abstract Over the last two decades, the notion of institutional thickness has become a key
reference for a large body of work that has sought to provide profound insights into the link …

This article investigates how combining global value chain and innovation system
approaches can help to foster an understanding of the possible trajectories that learning and …

The evolutionary turn in economic geography has shed new light on historically contingent
regional preconditions for innovation and economic growth, which has the potential of …

Regional innovation systems (RISs) have received increasing interest from researchers and
policy makers over the past three decades. The interest is driven partly by advances in …

Abstract The 'Technological Innovation System'(TIS) framework and its system functions
have become a popular analytical tool for the study of clean-tech innovation. There is …

Recently, innovation has become a critical parameter for contemporary regional and local
development policy in the global North. In South African debates about regional and local …

New industries emerge in increasingly complex spatial patterns that challenge existing
explanations of industrial path creation. In particular, the case of latecomer regions building …