As early as the 1920's Marshall suggested that firms co-locate in cities to reduce the costs of moving goods, people, and ideas. These 'forces of agglomeration' have given rise, for example, to the high tech clusters of San Francisco and Boston, and the automobile cluster in Detroit. Yet, despite its importance for city planners and …

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The lecture will tackle the question, how the resource-history of regions act as sea-anchors in transformation.First, the origin of the ideas behind linking relatedness and regional - urban development will be discussed and what we have learnt so far from this strand of literature. Following this, Prof. Henning will critically elaborate on the theoretical underpinning …

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"Related diversification and economic change. How the resource-history of regions act as sea-anchors in transformation" With Prof. Martin Henning (University of Gothenburg)