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The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography
This wide-ranging Handbook is the first major compilation of the theoretical and empirical research that is forging the new and exciting paradigm of evolutionary economic geography.
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This wide-ranging Handbook is the first major compilation of the theoretical and empirical research that is forging the new and exciting paradigm of evolutionary economic geography.
The book’s distinguished contributors set out the theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations of an evolutionary perspective on the economic landscape. In so doing, they explore the interplay between organizational dynamics, industrial dynamics and space; analyse the nature and spatial evolution of networks; address the evolution of institutions in territorial contexts; and explore the evolution of agglomerations and clusters.
This original reference work will undoubtedly play an important and formative role in influencing the future research agenda of evolutionary economic geography. It will strongly appeal to scholars, researchers and students in economic geography, regional economics, evolutionary economics, industrial economics, management and organizational studies, and related fields.
The book’s distinguished contributors set out the theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations of an evolutionary perspective on the economic landscape. In so doing, they explore the interplay between organizational dynamics, industrial dynamics and space; analyse the nature and spatial evolution of networks; address the evolution of institutions in territorial contexts; and explore the evolution of agglomerations and clusters.
This original reference work will undoubtedly play an important and formative role in influencing the future research agenda of evolutionary economic geography. It will strongly appeal to scholars, researchers and students in economic geography, regional economics, evolutionary economics, industrial economics, management and organizational studies, and related fields.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography represents an important and authoritative statement of the “state of the art” in the field of EEG. It can be recommended as key resource for researchers in economic geography and spatial economics. . .’
– Danny Mackinnon, Regional Studies
‘. . . the Handbook is a very significant achievement in that it provides a thorough and detailed overview of the EEG project through the insights of its leading thinkers and practitioners. As such, it is crucial reading both for scholars who are already using evolutionary ideas in their research and for ones curious about what EEG is and why other economic geographers and regional scientists should pay attention to it.’
– James T. Murphy, Journal of Regional Science
‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography is a comprehensive collection of topics in the newly emerging paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. . . The introduction, like those in any good collection, links up the papers in this Handbook by the basis of an evolutionary thinking behind the wide scales of topics. . . the 24 articles included in The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography have a wide coverage of varying angles, all of which shed light on this emerging paradigm from different aspects. . . this book has definitely achieved its goal of “playing a formative role in influencing the future research agenda in this area”. It is therefore highly recommended to researchers who want to dip further into evolutionary economic geography or those who simply want to get an overall profile of its development.’
– Tian Miao, Growth and Change
– Danny Mackinnon, Regional Studies
‘. . . the Handbook is a very significant achievement in that it provides a thorough and detailed overview of the EEG project through the insights of its leading thinkers and practitioners. As such, it is crucial reading both for scholars who are already using evolutionary ideas in their research and for ones curious about what EEG is and why other economic geographers and regional scientists should pay attention to it.’
– James T. Murphy, Journal of Regional Science
‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography is a comprehensive collection of topics in the newly emerging paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. . . The introduction, like those in any good collection, links up the papers in this Handbook by the basis of an evolutionary thinking behind the wide scales of topics. . . the 24 articles included in The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography have a wide coverage of varying angles, all of which shed light on this emerging paradigm from different aspects. . . this book has definitely achieved its goal of “playing a formative role in influencing the future research agenda in this area”. It is therefore highly recommended to researchers who want to dip further into evolutionary economic geography or those who simply want to get an overall profile of its development.’
– Tian Miao, Growth and Change
Contributors
Contributors: C. Antonelli, R. Boschma, G. Bottazzi, S. Breschi, U. Cantner, G. Cioccarelli, P. Cooke, M.S. Dahl, B. Dalum, C. de Laurentis, S. Denicolai, P. Dindo, J. Essletzbichler, L. Fleming, K. Frenken, E. Giuliani, J. Glückler, H. Graf, R. Hassink, S. Iammarino, J. Lambooy, C. Lenzi, F. Lissoni, A. Malmberg, R. Martin, P. Maskell, P. McCann, C.R. Østergaard, D.L. Rigby, J.W. Rivkin, E.W. Schamp, J. Simmie, O. Sorenson, U. Staber, E. Stam, S. Strambach, P. Sunley, A. Vezzulli, A. Zucchella
Contents
Contents:
Introduction: The New Paradigm of Evolutionary Economic Geography
1. The Aims and Scope of Evolutionary Economic Geography
Ron Boschma and Ron Martin
PART I: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
2. Generalized Darwinism and Evolutionary Economic Geography
Jürgen Essletzbichler and David L. Rigby
3. The Place of Path Dependence in an Evolutionary Perspective on the Economic Landscape
Ron Martin and Peter Sunley
4. Complexity Thinking and Evolutionary Economic Geography
Ron Martin and Peter Sunley
5. The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective
Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken
PART II: FIRM DYNAMICS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING
6. Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography
Erik Stam
7. Pecuniary Externalities and the Localized Generation of Technological Knowledge
Cristiano Antonelli
8. The Relationship between Multinational Firms and Innovative Clusters
Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann
9. Emergence of Regional Clusters: The Role of Spinoffs in the Early Growth Process
Michael S. Dahl, Christian R. Østergaard and Bent Dalum
10. A Social-Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Clusters
Udo Staber
11. Evolutionary Economic Geography: Regional Systems of Innovation and High-tech Clusters
Philip Cooke and Carla de Laurentis
PART III: NETWORK EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHY
12. Clusters, Networks and Economic Development: An Evolutionary Economics Perspective
Elisa Giuliani
13. Reputation, Trust and Relational Centrality in Local Networks: An Evolutionary Geography Perspective
Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Gabriele Cioccarelli
14. The Evolution of a Strategic Alliance Network: Exploring the Case of Stock Photography
Johannes Glückler
15. Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows
Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming
16. The Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: The Role of Inventors’ Mobility Across Firms and in Space
Stefano Breschi, Camilla Lenzi, Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Vezzulli
17. Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks: The Case of Jena
Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf
PART IV: INSTITUTIONS, CO-EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
18. An Evolutionary Approach to Localized Learning and Spatial Clustering
Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell
19. Path Dependence and Path Plasticity: The Co-evolution of Institutions and Innovation – the German Customized Business Software Industry
Simone Strambach
20. On the Notion of Co-evolution in Economic Geography
Eike W. Schamp
21. Locked in Decline? On the Role of Regional Lock-ins in Old Industrial Areas
Robert Hassink
PART V: STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AND REGIONAL BRANCHING
22. The Evolution of Spatial Patterns over Long Time-Horizons: The Relation with Technology and Economic Development
Jan Lambooy
23. The Information Economy and its Spatial Evolution in English Cities
James Simmie
24. An Evolutionary Model of Firms’ Location with Technological Externalities
Giulio Bottazzi and Pietro Dindo
Index
Introduction: The New Paradigm of Evolutionary Economic Geography
1. The Aims and Scope of Evolutionary Economic Geography
Ron Boschma and Ron Martin
PART I: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
2. Generalized Darwinism and Evolutionary Economic Geography
Jürgen Essletzbichler and David L. Rigby
3. The Place of Path Dependence in an Evolutionary Perspective on the Economic Landscape
Ron Martin and Peter Sunley
4. Complexity Thinking and Evolutionary Economic Geography
Ron Martin and Peter Sunley
5. The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective
Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken
PART II: FIRM DYNAMICS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING
6. Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography
Erik Stam
7. Pecuniary Externalities and the Localized Generation of Technological Knowledge
Cristiano Antonelli
8. The Relationship between Multinational Firms and Innovative Clusters
Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann
9. Emergence of Regional Clusters: The Role of Spinoffs in the Early Growth Process
Michael S. Dahl, Christian R. Østergaard and Bent Dalum
10. A Social-Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Clusters
Udo Staber
11. Evolutionary Economic Geography: Regional Systems of Innovation and High-tech Clusters
Philip Cooke and Carla de Laurentis
PART III: NETWORK EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHY
12. Clusters, Networks and Economic Development: An Evolutionary Economics Perspective
Elisa Giuliani
13. Reputation, Trust and Relational Centrality in Local Networks: An Evolutionary Geography Perspective
Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Gabriele Cioccarelli
14. The Evolution of a Strategic Alliance Network: Exploring the Case of Stock Photography
Johannes Glückler
15. Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows
Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming
16. The Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: The Role of Inventors’ Mobility Across Firms and in Space
Stefano Breschi, Camilla Lenzi, Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Vezzulli
17. Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks: The Case of Jena
Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf
PART IV: INSTITUTIONS, CO-EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
18. An Evolutionary Approach to Localized Learning and Spatial Clustering
Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell
19. Path Dependence and Path Plasticity: The Co-evolution of Institutions and Innovation – the German Customized Business Software Industry
Simone Strambach
20. On the Notion of Co-evolution in Economic Geography
Eike W. Schamp
21. Locked in Decline? On the Role of Regional Lock-ins in Old Industrial Areas
Robert Hassink
PART V: STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AND REGIONAL BRANCHING
22. The Evolution of Spatial Patterns over Long Time-Horizons: The Relation with Technology and Economic Development
Jan Lambooy
23. The Information Economy and its Spatial Evolution in English Cities
James Simmie
24. An Evolutionary Model of Firms’ Location with Technological Externalities
Giulio Bottazzi and Pietro Dindo
Index
