Browsing UiS Brage by Journals "Economic Geography"
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Beating the Casino: Conceptualizing an Anchoring-based Third Route to Regional Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The development of new industries in peripheral regions has gained renewed attention recently. Yet, the processes through which peripheral regions can mobilize external resources and capabilities, and turn them into locally ... -
Does Assimilation Shape the Economic Value of Immigrant Diversity?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)A growing literature has shown that greater diversity among immigrants offers material benefits in terms of higher wages and productivity. One limitation of existing work is that it has considered immigrants from a given ... -
Relatedness and the resource curse: Is there a liability of relatedness?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Literature in evolutionary economic geography has emphasized knowledge spillover benefits of co-location with related industries. We draw on resource curse literature to demonstrate that relatedness also comes with costs ... -
The Role of Relatedness and Unrelatedness for the Geography of Technological Breakthroughs in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article proposes a framework to study how the existing knowledge portfolio of regional economies affects the emergence and occurrence of breakthrough technologies. The study discusses the relevance of cognitive distance ... -
Searching through the Haystack:The Relatedness and Complexity of Priorities in Smart Specialization Strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)This article examines which economic domains regional policy makers aim to develop in regional innovation strategies, focusing in particular on the complexity of those economic domains and their relatedness to other economic ...