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

Regions and cities face unceasing pressures to adapt in response to processes of
globalization, changes in industrial production, and new patterns of migration and trade. At …

The operationalization of smart specialization policy has been rather limited because a
coherent set of analytical tools to guide the policy directives remains elusive. We propose a …

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

Prior research identifies relatedness as a key driver of new specializations in the domain of
green technologies. The present paper extends the evolutionary economic geography …

Social capital is an important factor explaining differences in economic growth among
regions. However, the key distinction between bonding social capital, which can lead to lock …

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 …