Markus Grillitsch

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Markus Grillitsch is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Grillitsch has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 37 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 26 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Markus Grillitsch's work include Regional Development and Policy (35 papers), Regional resilience and development (23 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (21 papers). Markus Grillitsch is often cited by papers focused on Regional Development and Policy (35 papers), Regional resilience and development (23 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (21 papers). Markus Grillitsch collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Austria. Markus Grillitsch's co-authors include Michaela Trippl, Markku Sotarauta, Björn Asheim, Magnus Nilsson, Teis Hansen, Arne Isaksen, Franz Tödtling, Martin Srholec, Suyash Jolly and Lars Coenen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Research Policy and Progress in Human Geography.

In The Last Decade

Markus Grillitsch

69 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Trinity of change agency, regional development paths and opportunity spaces

2019 361 citations Markus Grillitsch, Markku Sotarauta Progress in Human Geography profile →
Exogenous sources of regional industrial change

2017 264 citations Michaela Trippl, Markus Grillitsch et al. Progress in Human Geography profile →
Unrelated knowledge combinations: the unexplored potential for regional industrial path development

2018 197 citations Markus Grillitsch, Björn Asheim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Grillitsch Sweden	27	1.7k	937	751	705	474	72	2.9k
Robert Hassink Germany	32	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	805 1.1×	568 0.8×	860 1.8×	103	3.9k
Markku Sotarauta Finland	26	984 0.6×	852 0.9×	363 0.5×	557 0.8×	430 0.9×	86	2.3k
Elvira Uyarra United Kingdom	26	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 2.1×	922 1.3×	383 0.8×	85	3.8k
Arne Isaksen Norway	34	2.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.7×	1.7k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	652 1.4×	90	4.6k
Riccardo Crescenzi United Kingdom	33	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	932 1.2×	435 0.6×	392 0.8×	79	3.6k
James Simmie United Kingdom	24	1.9k 1.1×	790 0.8×	686 0.9×	339 0.5×	548 1.2×	70	3.2k
Amy Glasmeier United States	30	1.0k 0.6×	522 0.6×	569 0.8×	338 0.5×	561 1.2×	90	2.6k
Jerker Moodysson Sweden	18	821 0.5×	585 0.6×	836 1.1×	599 0.8×	254 0.5×	44	1.8k
Kieron Flanagan United Kingdom	17	1.1k 0.7×	674 0.7×	907 1.2×	467 0.7×	252 0.5×	42	2.4k
Susana Borrás Denmark	23	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	749 1.0×	574 0.8×	359 0.8×	80	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Markus Grillitsch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Grillitsch

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Breul, Moritz, Miguel Atienza, Markus Grillitsch, & Rhiannon Pugh. (2025). Towards studying the developmental consequences of regional industrial path development. Regional Studies. 59(1). 1 indexed citations

Grillitsch, Markus, et al.. (2025). Multiple Scales of Income Inequality: A Longitudinal Analysis of Swedish Regions. Geographical Analysis. 57(3). 370–388.

Haldar, Stuti, Markus Grillitsch, & Amir Bazaz. (2025). A human-centric approach to energy justice: embedding agency and capabilities in transitions discourse. Local Environment. 31(4). 396–422.

Miörner, Johan, et al.. (2025). Global circular networks and couplings: Towards a multi-scalar architecture of the circular economy. Progress in Human Geography. 1 indexed citations

Grillitsch, Markus, et al.. (2025). Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership. Regional Studies. 59(1). 5 indexed citations

Grillitsch, Markus, Björn Asheim, Nichola Lowe, et al.. (2024). Rescaling: Change agency and the emerging geography of economic relationships. Progress in Human Geography. 49(1). 4–26. 4 indexed citations

Sotarauta, Markku & Markus Grillitsch. (2023). Studying human agency in regional development. Regional Studies. 57(8). 1409–1414. 20 indexed citations

Grillitsch, Markus, et al.. (2022). The geography of connectivity: a review of mobile positioning data for economic geography. Journal of Geographical Systems. 24(4). 679–707. 5 indexed citations

Grillitsch, Markus, Markku Sotarauta, Björn Asheim, et al.. (2022). Agency and economic change in regions: identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis. Regional Studies. 57(8). 1453–1468. 51 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus, Björn Asheim, & H. Dean Nielsen. (2021). Temporality of agency in regional development. European Urban and Regional Studies. 29(1). 107–125. 29 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus, Björn Asheim, Arne Isaksen, & H. Dean Nielsen. (2021). Advancing the treatment of human agency in the analysis of regional economic development: Illustrated with three Norwegian cases. Growth and Change. 53(1). 248–275. 23 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus & Torben Schubert. (2020). Does the timing of integrating new skills affect start‐up growth?. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 15(4). 647–684. 11 indexed citations

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Jolly, Suyash, Markus Grillitsch, & Teis Hansen. (2020). Agency and actors in regional industrial path development. A framework and longitudinal analysis. Geoforum. 111. 176–188. 120 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus & Magnus Nilsson. (2019). The Role of Trust in Regional Development. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus. (2018). Place-based entrepreneurship and innovation policy for industrial diversification. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Coenen, Lars, Markus Grillitsch, Teis Hansen, Johan Miörner, & Jerker Moodysson. (2017). Policy for system innovation - the case of Strategic Innovation Programs in Sweden. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus, et al.. (2015). Cluster Policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 76–94. 4 indexed citations

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Asheim, Björn & Markus Grillitsch. (2015). Smart specialisation: Sources for new path development in a peripheral manufacturing region. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations

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Blažek, Jiří, J. Matthew Wilson, Edurne Magro, et al.. (2014). Regions with less developed research and innovation systems: reflection paper. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

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Grillitsch, Markus. (2014). Regional Transformation: Institutional Change and Economic Evolution in Regions. ERSA conference papers. 1 indexed citations

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