Path Dependence Research in Regional Economic Development: Cacophony or Knowledge Accumulation?;La recherche sur les sentiers de dépendance dans le développement économique regional: Une cacaphonie ou une accumulation des connaissances

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1348-1362

  Henning, Martin ^a,b   Stam, Erik ^c   Wenting, Rik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic geography; Path creation; Path dependence; Regional development; Technology

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84908221398     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.750422     Document Type: Article

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