The handbook of evolutionary economic geography / edited by Ron Boschma, Ron Martin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents List of contributors vii Acknowledgements x INTRODUCTION THE NEW PARADIGM OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 1 The aims and scope of evolutionary economic geography / Ron Boschma and Ron Martin PART 1 CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 2 Generalized Darwinism and evolutionary economic geography / Jürgen Essletzbichler and David L. Rigby 3 The place of path dependence in an evolutionary perspective on the economic landscape / Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 4 Complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography / Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 5 The spatial evolution of innovation networks: a proximity perspective / Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken PART 2 FIRM DYNAMICS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING 6 Entrepreneurship, evolution and geography / Erik Stam 7 Pecuniary externalities and the localized generation of technological knowledge/ Cristiano Antonelli 8 The relationship between multinational fi rms and innovative clusters / Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann 9 Emergence of regional clusters: the role of spinoff s in the early growth process / Michael S. Dahl, Christian R. Østergaard and Bent Dalum 10 A social- evolutionary perspective on regional clusters / Udo Staber 11 Evolutionary economic geography: regional systems of innovation and high- tech clusters / Philip Cooke and Carla de Laurentis PART 3 NETWORK EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHY 12 Clusters, networks and economic development: an evolutionary economics perspective / Elisa Giuliani 13 Reputation, trust and relational centrality in local networks: an evolutionary geography perspective / Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Gabriele Cioccarelli 14 The evolution of a strategic alliance network: exploring the case of stock photography / Johannes Glückler 15 Complexity, networks and knowledge fl ow / Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming 16 The geography of knowledge spillovers: the role of inventors’ mobility across fi rms and in space / Stefano Breschi, Camilla Lenzi, Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Vezzulli 17 Growth, development and structural change of innovator networks: the case of Jena / Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf PART 4 INSTITUTIONS, CO- EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 18 An evolutionary approach to localized learning and spatial clustering / Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell 19 Path dependence and path plasticity: the co- evolution of institutions and innovation – the German customized business software industry / Simone Strambach 20 On the notion of co- evolution in economic geography / Eike W. Schamp 21 Locked in decline? On the role of regional lock- ins in old industrial areas / Robert Hassink PART 5 STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AND REGIONAL BRANCHING 22 The evolution of spatial patterns over long time- horizons: the relation with technology and economic development / Jan Lambooy 23 The information economy and its spatial evolution in English cities / James Simmie 24 An evolutionary model of fi rms’ location with technological externalities / Giulio Bottazzi and Pietro Dindo Index