How to explain the spatial evolution of new industries? The spatial evolution of the Dutch ICT industry

In the paper, we concentrate on one of the most challenging issues of economic geography, that is, how to explain and analyze the evolution of the spatial pattern of new industries. First, we review the literature concerning this issue. Various theoretical frameworks provide an explanation for the spatial evolution of new industries. One view is that the spatial ordering of industry is preordained by geographical endowments, transport possibilities and firms' needs. Weberian location theory, for example, assumes that new technologies develop most rapidly in those regions where their static, pr... Mehr ...