Unrelated knowledge combinations: the unexplored potential for regional industrial path development

Autor(en)
Markus Grillitsch, Bjørn Asheim, Michaela Trippl
Abstrakt

The article engages in a critical discussion of the related variety/regional branching argument and foregrounds a more differentiated perspective on regional industrial path development. It contributes by (i) sharpening the definition of key concepts, namely specialisation and diversity, related and unrelated variety; (ii) discussing their relevance in local and non-local spaces; (iii) scrutinizing related variety as the source for regional branching; and (iv) developing a conceptual framework capturing the opportunity space for regional structural change that unveils the relevance of path upgrading, path importation, path branching, path diversification and new path creation as different forms of new path development.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Externe Organisation(en)
Lund University, University of Stavanger, University of Agder
Journal
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (CPES)
Band
11
Seiten
257-274
Anzahl der Seiten
18
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsy012
Publikationsdatum
07-2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/dd88dba1-5304-46b1-a70d-41cbee29c37e