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 …

This paper examines how the economies of old industrial cities in Northeast China respond
to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The notion of resistance in regional economic …

Human activities, such as research, innovation and industry, concentrate disproportionately
in large cities. The ten most innovative cities in the United States account for 23% of the …

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 …

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 …

During the last five years, we can observe a soaring academic interest in the concept of
smart specialization. A burgeoning literature emerged both conceptually and empirically. In …

Regions across the world are searching for ways to fashion new green growth paths and to
promote green shifts in mature industries. The article aims to explore conceptually and …

This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the role of industrial structure in shaping
regional economic resilience at different stages with evidence from resource-based cities …

This paper builds on (eco-) innovation geography and international business studies to
investigate the effects of greenfield foreign direct investments (FDIs) on regional …