Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies

Boschma, Ron Section of Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Coenen, Lars Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE), Lund University, Lund, Sweden; and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Frenken, Koen Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Truffer, Bernhard Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Department of Environmental Social Science, Dübendorf, Switzerland; Section of Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.