Economic complexity methods have become popular tools in economic geography,
international development and innovation studies. Here, I review economic complexity …

Relatedness as driver of regional diversification: a research agenda. Regional Studies. The
regional diversification literature claims that regions diversify in new activities related to their …

The circular economy decouples economic activity from finite resource consumption,
creating a resilient system that can tackle global challenges such as climate change …

Macro-economic assessments of climate impacts lack an analysis of the distribution of daily
rainfall, which can resolve both complex societal impact channels and anthropogenically …

Against the backdrop of piling environmental concerns in the modern era of globalization,
this study aims to check the validity of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH) in Eastern …

The economic complexity index's environmental implications have been thoroughly
investigated in this study. In particular, an effort is made to determine the index's utility in …

The operationalization of smart specialization policy has been rather limited because a
coherent set of analytical tools to guide the policy directives remains elusive. We propose a …

Economic complexity offers a potentially powerful paradigm to understand key societal
issues and challenges of our time. The underlying idea is that growth, development …

Networks portray a multitude of interactions through which people meet, ideas are spread
and infectious diseases propagate within a society,,,,. Identifying the most efficient …

For Adam Smith, wealth was related to the division of labor. As people and firms specialize
in different activities, economic efficiency increases, suggesting that development is …