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Applications of Evolutionary Economic Geography
Ron A. Boschma
Section of Economic Goegraphy, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU)
Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
P.O. Box 80115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
Koen Frenken
Section of Economic Goegraphy, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU)
Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
P.O. Box 80115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
19 October 2006
Abstract:
This paper is written as the first chapter of an edited volume on evolutionary economics and
economic geography (Frenken, K., editor, Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic
Geography, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, expected publication date February 2007). The paper
reviews empirical applications of evolutionary economics in the field of economic geography. The
review is divided in four parts: the micro-level of the firm, the meso-levels of industry and network,
and the macro-level of spatial system. Some remarks on evolutionary policy in regional
development are added as well as a short discussion of empirical problems that remain.
ISBN 87-7873-218-2
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