• Do EU regions benefit from Smart Specialisation principles? 

      Rigby, David L.; Roesler, Christoph; Kogler, Dieter; Boschma, Ronald Adalbert; Balland, Pierre-Alexandre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Smart Specialisation was conceived as a ‘bottom-up’ framework to identify new growth paths connected to knowledge cores within regions. Although operationalization of Smart Specialisation has proven difficult, recent ...
    • Technological diversification of U.S. cities during the great historical crises 

      Steijn, Mathieu P.A.; Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Boschma, Ronald Adalbert; Rigby, David L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Regional resilience is high on the scientific and policy agenda. An essential feature of resilience is diversifying into new activities but little is known about whether major economic crises accelerate or decelerate ...