Towards a theory of regional diversification

Ron Boschma (), Lars Coenen, Koen Frenken, and Bernhard Truffer
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Koen Frenken

No 1617, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper aims to develop a theoretical framework on regional diversification. Combining insights from the evolutionary economic geography literature and the transition literature, we argue that a theory of regional diversification should build on the current understanding of conditions for related diversification but additionally start to tackle processes of unrelated diversification by accounting for (1) the role of agency (institutional entrepreneurship) and the dynamic interplay between agency and context; (2) enabling and constraining factors at various spatial scales. We propose a typology of four regional diversification processes by cross-tabulating related versus unrelated diversification with niche creation versus regime adoption.

Keywords: evolutionary economic geography; transition studies; regional diversification; unrelated diversification; institutional entrepreneurship; institutional change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07, Revised 2016-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-geo, nep-hme, nep-ino, nep-pke and nep-ure
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