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

[1 ] 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.

[2 ] 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

[3 ] Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

[4 ] 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.