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Working Papers

2024

1. A human-centric approach to energy justice: Embedding agency and capabilities in transitions discourse
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
2. Circular transitions in global production networks? A multi-scalar approach to anticipating socio-economic and socio-environmental effects of ‘x-shoring’
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
3. Municipalities’ role in regional development: Navigating subsidiarity, place-based approaches, and geographical variation
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
4. The rescaling of institutional rationalities for shaping opportunity spaces
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
5. Twenty years of regional innovation studies: From local-global to agency-structure
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
6. Untangling regional opportunity spaces: The role of narratives and place leadership
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
7. Varieties of extra-regional relations and local agency: A Framework for tailored regional development work
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2023

8. Agency and Structure in Regional Development: In Search of a Social Science Research Programme
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
   See also Journal Article Agency and structure in regional development: in search of a social science research programme, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2025) (2025)
9. Challenges of studying agency in regional development: What did 27 review reports teach us?
   Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
10. Directionality and Subsidiarity: A Regional Policy for People and Planet
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
11. How does the regional presence of foreign-owned multinational enterprises affect local start-up performance
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
12. Rescaling: An Analytical Lense to Study Economic and Industrial Shifts
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
13. Seeking for the shift towards challenge-oriented innovation policies: Tracing digitalization policies over two decades in Africa
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
14. Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains: An agentic response to recent crises
    Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography
    See also Journal Article Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains: an agentic response to recent crises, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2024) (2024)

2022

15. Agency and Economic Change in Regions: Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to identify Routes to New Path Development
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
16. Bouncing back, forward, and beyond: Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
17. Geographies of Low-Income Jobs: The concentration of low-income jobs, the knowledge economy and labor market polarization in Sweden, 1990-2018
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
18. Great expectations: the promises and limits of innovation policy in addressing societal challenges
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
19. Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through smart specialisation: Insights and policy implications from a metropolitan innovation leader region
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2021

20. Advancing the Treatment of Human Agency in the Analysis of Regional Economic Development: Illustrated with Three Norwegian Cases
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Advancing the treatment of human agency in the analysis of regional economic development: Illustrated with three Norwegian cases, Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
21. Stepping-up innovation in manufacturing firms: Knowledge combinations in an Italian local production system
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2020

22. Does the Timing of integrating new Skills affect Start-up Growth?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
23. How novel is Transformative Innovation Policy?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)
24. Resilience in the periphery: What an agency perspective can bring to the table
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (3)
25. The Geography of Connectivity: Trails of Mobile Phone Data
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2019

26. Agency in regional path development: Towards a bio-economy in Värmland, Sweden
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
27. Does long-term proactive agency matter for regional development?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
28. The Role of Trust in Regional Development
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
29. Trinity of Change Agency: Connecting Agency and Structure in Studies of Regional Development
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)
30. When drivers of clusters shift scale from local towards global: What remains for regional innovation policy?
    PEGIS, Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business View citations (7)
31. Why bother about region-specific growth patterns and how to identify them?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)

2018

32. Cultural Diversity and Employment Growth: Moderating Effect of the Recent Global Financial Crisis
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Cultural diversity and employment growth: Moderating effect of the recent global financial crisis, Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
33. Green industrial path development in different types of regions
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (6)
34. Place-based entrepreneurship and innovation policy for industrial diversification
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (10)
35. Regional Growth Paths: From Structure to Agency and Back
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (18)

2017

36. An innovation system framework for system innovation policy: the case of Strategic Innovation Programs (SIPs) in Sweden
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)
37. Knowledge externalities and firm heterogeneity: Effects on high and low growth firms
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Knowledge externalities and firm heterogeneity: Effects on high and low growth firms, Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
38. Policy for system innovation - the case of Strategic Innovation Programs in Sweden
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (3)
39. Regional Innovation Systems and Global Flows of Knowledge
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
40. Transformation Capacity of the Innovative Entrepreneur: On the interplay between social structure and agency
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (1)
41. Unrelated knowledge combinations: Unexplored potential for regional industrial path development
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Unrelated knowledge combinations: the unexplored potential for regional industrial path development, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2018) View citations (72) (2018)

2016

42. Does institutional diversity promote global innovation networks?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
43. Innovation Policies and New Regional Growth Paths: A place-based system failure framework
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (8)
44. Knowledge diversity and firm growth: Searching for a missing link
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
45. Smart Specialization as an innovation-driven strategy for economic diversification: Examples from Scandinavian regions
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2015

46. Cluster Policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Cluster policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
47. External “energy” for regional industrial change: attraction and absorption of non-local knowledge for new path development
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (15)
48. Firm Performance in the Periphery: On the Relation between Firm-Internal Knowledge and Local Knowledge Spillovers
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Firm performance in the periphery: on the relation between firm-internal knowledge and local knowledge spillovers, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
49. How does multi-scalar institutional change affect localized learning processes? A case study of the med-tech sector in Southern Sweden
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article How does multi-scalar institutional change affect localized learning processes? A case study of the med-tech sector in Southern Sweden, Environment and Planning A (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
50. Institutions, Smart Specialisation Dynamics and Policy
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Institutions, smart specialisation dynamics and policy, Environment and Planning C (2016) View citations (24) (2016)
51. Knowledge base combinations and innovation performance in Swedish regions
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Knowledge Base Combinations and Innovation Performance in Swedish Regions, Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (23) (2017)
52. Regional Innovation Systems: Past - Presence - Future
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (7)
    See also Chapter Regional innovation systems: past – present – future, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2016) View citations (6) (2016)
53. Smart specialisation: Sources for new path development in a peripheral manufacturing region
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (15)
54. Understanding Cluster Evolution
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

2014

55. Does combinatorial knowledge lead to a better innovation performance of firms?
    SRE-Discussion Papers, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business View citations (3)
    Also in SRE-Disc, Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Does Combinatorial Knowledge Lead to a Better Innovation Performance of Firms?, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (23) (2015)
56. Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?, The Annals of Regional Science, Springer (2015) View citations (107) (2015)
57. Institutional Change and Economic Evolution in Regions
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (9)
58. Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (27) (2015)
59. Regional Transformation: Institutional Change and Economic Evolution in Regions
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (5)
60. Technological Competencies and Firm Performance: Analyzing the Importance of Internal and External Competencies
    2014 International European Forum, February 17-21, 2014, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks View citations (1)
    Also in Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research (2013)

2013

61. Combining knowledge from different sources, channels and geographical scales
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Combining Knowledge from Different Sources, Channels and Geographical Scales, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (32) (2014)

2011

62. Competencies of firms, external knowledge sourcing and types of innovation in regions of Europe
    SRE-Discussion Papers, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Also in SRE-Disc, Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2011)
63. Location, knowledge sourcing and innovation - Evidence from the ICT sector in Austria
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

Journal Articles

2025

1. Agency and structure in regional development: in search of a social science research programme
   European Planning Studies, 2025, 33, (1), 104-123
   See also Working Paper Agency and Structure in Regional Development: In Search of a Social Science Research Programme, Papers in Innovation Studies (2023) (2023)

2024

2. Agents of change in old-industrial and non-metropolitan regions of Europe
   European Planning Studies, 2024, 32, (11), 2283-2292
3. Structural transformation, the knowledge economy, and the geography of low-income work
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2024, 24, (2), 285-308
4. Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains: an agentic response to recent crises
   European Planning Studies, 2024, 32, (11), 2293-2318
   See also Working Paper Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains: An agentic response to recent crises, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) (2023) (2023)

2023

5. Advancing innovation in manufacturing firms: knowledge base combinations in a local productive system
   European Planning Studies, 2023, 31, (6), 1247-1269
6. Agency and economic change in regions: identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis
   Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (8), 1453-1468 View citations (2)
7. Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through Smart Specialisation
   Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (1), 196-208 View citations (1)
8. Power relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns
   Urban Research & Practice, 2023, 16, (4), 558-581
9. Studying human agency in regional development
   Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (8), 1409-1414 View citations (1)
10. Varieties of periphery and local agency in regional development
    Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (4), 749-762 View citations (4)

2022

11. Advancing the treatment of human agency in the analysis of regional economic development: Illustrated with three Norwegian cases
    Growth and Change, 2022, 53, (1), 248-275 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Advancing the Treatment of Human Agency in the Analysis of Regional Economic Development: Illustrated with Three Norwegian Cases, Papers in Innovation Studies (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
12. The geography of connectivity: a review of mobile positioning data for economic geography
    Journal of Geographical Systems, 2022, 24, (4), 679-707
13. The role of initial and gradual trust in growing and unlocking regional industrial specialisations
    Industry and Innovation, 2022, 29, (7), 825-846 View citations (1)

2021

14. The black box of regional growth
    Journal of Geographical Systems, 2021, 23, (3), 425-464 View citations (5)

2019

15. Following or breaking regional development paths: on the role and capability of the innovative entrepreneur
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (5), 681-691 View citations (12)
16. Green industry development in different types of regions
    European Planning Studies, 2019, 27, (11), 2163-2183 View citations (42)
17. Innovation policy for system-wide transformation: The case of strategic innovation programmes (SIPs) in Sweden
    Research Policy, 2019, 48, (4), 1048-1061 View citations (57)
18. Knowledge base combinations and firm growth
    Research Policy, 2019, 48, (1), 234-247 View citations (27)
19. Knowledge externalities and firm heterogeneity: Effects on high and low growth firms
    Papers in Regional Science, 2019, 98, (1), 93-114 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Knowledge externalities and firm heterogeneity: Effects on high and low growth firms, Papers in Innovation Studies (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
20. Regional innovation systems: Past, present and future
    Revista Galega de Economía, 2019, 28, (2), 4-22 View citations (3)

2018

21. Bridging the gap: citizenship diversity and global innovation networks in small and medium size companies
    European Planning Studies, 2018, 26, (12), 2279-2303 View citations (1)
22. Cultural diversity and employment growth: Moderating effect of the recent global financial crisis
    Australian Journal of Management, 2018, 43, (4), 632-652 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Cultural Diversity and Employment Growth: Moderating Effect of the Recent Global Financial Crisis, Papers in Innovation Studies (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
23. Place-based innovation policy for industrial diversification in regions
    European Planning Studies, 2018, 26, (8), 1638-1662 View citations (32)
24. Unrelated knowledge combinations: the unexplored potential for regional industrial path development
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2018, 11, (2), 257-274 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Unrelated knowledge combinations: Unexplored potential for regional industrial path development, Papers in Innovation Studies (2017) View citations (6) (2017)

2017

25. Firm performance in the periphery: on the relation between firm-internal knowledge and local knowledge spillovers
    Regional Studies, 2017, 51, (8), 1219-1231 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Firm Performance in the Periphery: On the Relation between Firm-Internal Knowledge and Local Knowledge Spillovers, Papers in Innovation Studies (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
26. Introduction: Combinatorial Knowledge Bases, Regional Innovation, and Development Dynamics
    Economic Geography, 2017, 93, (5), 429-435 View citations (18)
27. Knowledge Base Combinations and Innovation Performance in Swedish Regions
    Economic Geography, 2017, 93, (5), 458-479 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Knowledge base combinations and innovation performance in Swedish regions, Papers in Innovation Studies (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2016

28. How does multi-scalar institutional change affect localized learning processes? A case study of the med-tech sector in Southern Sweden
    Environment and Planning A, 2016, 48, (1), 154-171 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper How does multi-scalar institutional change affect localized learning processes? A case study of the med-tech sector in Southern Sweden, Papers in Innovation Studies (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
29. Institutions, smart specialisation dynamics and policy
    Environment and Planning C, 2016, 34, (1), 22-37 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Institutions, Smart Specialisation Dynamics and Policy, Papers in Innovation Studies (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
30. Revisiting the role of selection for the evolution of industries
    Industry and Innovation, 2016, 23, (1), 112-129 View citations (5)

2015

31. Does Combinatorial Knowledge Lead to a Better Innovation Performance of Firms?
    European Planning Studies, 2015, 23, (9), 1741-1758 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Does combinatorial knowledge lead to a better innovation performance of firms?, SRE-Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (3) (2014)
32. Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2015, 54, (1), 299-321 View citations (107)
    See also Working Paper Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?, Papers in Innovation Studies (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
33. Institutional Layers, Connectedness and Change: Implications for Economic Evolution in Regions
    European Planning Studies, 2015, 23, (10), 2099-2124 View citations (25)
34. Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues
    European Planning Studies, 2015, 23, (10), 2028-2044 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues, Papers in Innovation Studies (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
35. Variety in knowledge sourcing, geography and innovation: Evidence from the ICT sector in Austria
    Papers in Regional Science, 2015, 94, (1), 25-43 View citations (17)

2014

36. Combining Knowledge from Different Sources, Channels and Geographical Scales
    European Planning Studies, 2014, 22, (11), 2305-2325 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Combining knowledge from different sources, channels and geographical scales, Papers in Innovation Studies (2013) View citations (12) (2013)
37. Types of Innovation, Competencies of Firms, and External Knowledge Sourcing—Findings from Selected Sectors and Regions of Europe
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2014, 5, (2), 330-356 View citations (13)

2012

38. Knowledge Sourcing and Innovation in Austrian ICT Companies—How Does Geography Matter?
    Industry and Innovation, 2012, 19, (4), 327-348 View citations (26)

2011

39. Constructing Regional Advantage in the Austrian ICT Sector—Towards Fine-Tuned Innovation Policies?
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2011, 2, (4), 533-549 View citations (6)

2008

40. Bedeutung interorganisationaler Zusammenarbeit für die Innovativität von Medium-Tech-Unternehmen
    ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 2008, 56, (4), 231-252

Chapters

2017

1. Cluster policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety
   Chapter 4 in The Life Cycle of Clusters, 2017, pp 76-94 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Cluster Policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2016

2. Regional innovation systems: past – present – future
   Chapter 2 in Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation, 2016, pp 45-62 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Regional Innovation Systems: Past - Presence - Future, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research (2015) View citations (7) (2015)

2012

3. Knowledge relations and innovation from a regional perspective
   Chapter 5 in Networks, Space and Competitiveness, 2012, pp 107-134