Relatedness as driver of regional diversification : a research agenda
(2017) In Regional Studies 51(3). p.351-364- Abstract
Relatedness as driver of regional diversification: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The regional diversification literature claims that regions diversify in new activities related to their existing activities from which new activities draw on and combine local capabilities. The paper offers a critical assessment and identifies a number of crucial issues for future research. It calls for (1) a disentanglement of the various types of capabilities that make regions diversify; (2) the inclusion of more geographical wisdom in the study of regional diversification, like a focus on the effects of territory-specific contexts, such as institutions; (3) a thorough investigation in the conditioning factors of related and unrelated... (More)
Relatedness as driver of regional diversification: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The regional diversification literature claims that regions diversify in new activities related to their existing activities from which new activities draw on and combine local capabilities. The paper offers a critical assessment and identifies a number of crucial issues for future research. It calls for (1) a disentanglement of the various types of capabilities that make regions diversify; (2) the inclusion of more geographical wisdom in the study of regional diversification, like a focus on the effects of territory-specific contexts, such as institutions; (3) a thorough investigation in the conditioning factors of related and unrelated diversification in regions; and (4) a micro-perspective on regional diversification that assesses the role of economic and institutional agents in a multi-scalar perspective.
(Less)
- author
- Boschma, Ron LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-03-04
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- evolutionary economic geography, institutional change, institutional entrepreneurship, regional diversification, related diversification, unrelated diversification
- in
- Regional Studies
- volume
- 51
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 351 - 364
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85003810995
- wos:000395325000001
- ISSN
- 0034-3404
- DOI
- 10.1080/00343404.2016.1254767
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 38678987-6e19-4469-a4a6-772658a47942
- date added to LUP
- 2016-12-23 08:00:31
- date last changed
- 2024-06-15 22:50:18
@article{38678987-6e19-4469-a4a6-772658a47942,
abstract = {{<p>Relatedness as driver of regional diversification: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The regional diversification literature claims that regions diversify in new activities related to their existing activities from which new activities draw on and combine local capabilities. The paper offers a critical assessment and identifies a number of crucial issues for future research. It calls for (1) a disentanglement of the various types of capabilities that make regions diversify; (2) the inclusion of more geographical wisdom in the study of regional diversification, like a focus on the effects of territory-specific contexts, such as institutions; (3) a thorough investigation in the conditioning factors of related and unrelated diversification in regions; and (4) a micro-perspective on regional diversification that assesses the role of economic and institutional agents in a multi-scalar perspective.</p>}},
author = {{Boschma, Ron}},
issn = {{0034-3404}},
keywords = {{evolutionary economic geography; institutional change; institutional entrepreneurship; regional diversification; related diversification; unrelated diversification}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{03}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{351--364}},
publisher = {{Taylor & Francis}},
series = {{Regional Studies}},
title = {{Relatedness as driver of regional diversification : a research agenda}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1254767}},
doi = {{10.1080/00343404.2016.1254767}},
volume = {{51}},
year = {{2017}},
}