Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boschma, Ron; Coenen, Lars; Frenken, Koen; Truffer, Bernhard
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 51:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 31
• Page End: 45
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Evolutionary Economic Geography -- Transition Studies -- regional diversification -- unrelated diversification -- institutional entrepreneurship -- institutional change; 演化经济地理学 -- 变迁研究 -- 区域多样化 -- 非相关多样化 -- 制度革新 -- 制度变迁; géographie économique évolutionniste -- études sur la transition -- diversification régionale -- diversification sans rapport -- esprit d'entreprise institutionnel -- changement institutionnel; evolutionäre Wirtschaftsgeografie -- Übergangsstudien -- regionale Diversifizierung -- unverwandte Diversifizierung -- institutionelles Unternehmertum -- institutionelle Veränderung; geografía económica evolutiva -- estudios de transición -- diversificación regional -- diversificación inconexa -- empresariado institucional -- cambio institucional; B15 -- O33 -- R11 -- R58; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1258460
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies. Regional Studies . This paper develops a theoretical framework of regional diversification by combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies. It argues that a theory of regional diversification should not only build on the current understanding of related diversification but also account for processes of unrelated diversification by looking at the role of agency in processes of institutional entrepreneurship, and at enabling and constraining factors at various spatial scales. This paper proposes a typology of four regional diversification trajectories by cross-tabulating related versus unrelated diversification with niche creation versus regime adoption, and it develops a number of propositions.