Ron Boschma

28.5k total citations · 16 hit papers
143 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Ron Boschma is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Boschma has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 46 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 40 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Ron Boschma's work include Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (61 papers), Regional Development and Policy (44 papers) and Regional resilience and development (33 papers). Ron Boschma is often cited by papers focused on Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (61 papers), Regional Development and Policy (44 papers) and Regional resilience and development (33 papers). Ron Boschma collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Ron Boschma's co-authors include Koen Frenken, Pierre‐Alexandre Balland, Anne L. J. Ter Wal, J.G. Lambooy, Simona Iammarino, Tom Broekel, Björn Asheim, Philip Cooke, R. L. Martin and Asier Minondo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Research Policy and Journal of International Business Studies.

In The Last Decade

Ron Boschma

139 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2006 2011 2009 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ron Boschma Netherlands 57 10.8k 6.0k 4.2k 4.0k 2.3k 143 17.7k
Maryann P. Feldman United States 47 8.2k 0.8× 5.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 5.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 156 14.3k
Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose United Kingdom 69 10.9k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 8.0k 1.9× 1.7k 0.4× 3.5k 1.5× 316 17.9k
Richard Florida Canada 60 7.9k 0.7× 4.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 5.8k 2.5× 158 21.2k
Michael Porter Canada 2 4.7k 0.4× 6.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 4 11.6k
Giovanni Dosi Italy 61 12.7k 1.2× 8.4k 1.4× 1.8k 0.4× 3.8k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 261 22.0k
Philip McCann United Kingdom 53 6.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 3.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 225 11.0k
Michael C. Munger United States 30 7.2k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 5.9k 1.4× 1.4k 0.4× 6.4k 2.7× 128 21.0k
Bengt‐Åke Lundvall Denmark 38 4.0k 0.4× 4.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 2.7k 0.7× 978 0.4× 143 9.4k
Joseph A. Schumpeter United States 29 7.5k 0.7× 4.3k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 4.1k 1.8× 90 18.1k
Henry Etzkowitz United States 57 4.7k 0.4× 8.5k 1.4× 5.6k 1.3× 13.1k 3.2× 2.1k 0.9× 204 22.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ron Boschma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron Boschma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cortinovis, Nicola, et al.. (2024). Regional diversification and intra-regional wage inequality in the Netherlands. Regional Studies. 58(12). 2292–2306. 4 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron, et al.. (2023). Regional diversification in Brazil: The role of relatedness and complexity. Growth and Change. 55(1). 9 indexed citations
3.
Kogler, Dieter F., Emil Evenhuis, Elisa Giuliani, et al.. (2023). Re-imagining evolutionary economic geography. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 16(3). 373–390. 33 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron. (2021). The role of non-local linkages for innovation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron & Koen Frenken. (2018). Evolutionary Economic Geography. Oxford University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations
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Pinheiro, Flávio L., Aamena Alshamsi, Dominik Hartmann, Ron Boschma, & César A. Hidalgo. (2018). Shooting Low or High : Do Countries Benefit from Entering Unrelated Activities?. arXiv (Cornell University). 18(7). 30 indexed citations
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Balland, Pierre‐Alexandre, Ron Boschma, Joan Crespo, & David L. Rigby. (2017). Smart Specialization policy in the EU: Relatedness, Knowledge Complexity and Regional Diversification. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations
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Cortinovis, Nicola, Jing Xiao, Ron Boschma, & Frank van Oort. (2017). Quality of government and social capital as drivers of regional diversification in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography. 17(6). 1179–1208. 123 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron, et al.. (2017). A critical review of entrepreneurial ecosystems research: towards a future research agenda. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron, et al.. (2016). A critical review of entrepreneurial ecosystems: towards a future research agenda. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 20 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jing, Ron Boschma, & Martin Andersson. (2016). Industrial diversification in Europe: The differentiated role of relatedness. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron & Matté Hartog. (2014). Merger and Acquisition Activity as Driver of Spatial Clustering : The Spatial Evolution of the Dutch Banking Industry, 1850-1993. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron, Asier Minondo, & Mikel Navarro. (2012). The emergence of new industries at the regional level in Spain. A proximity approach based on product-relatedness. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 18 indexed citations
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Frenken, Koen & Ron Boschma. (2012). Economic Development as a Branching Process. Chapters. 2 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron & Simona Iammarino. (2008). Related variety, trade variety and regional growth in Italy. Figshare. 4 indexed citations
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Neffke, Frank, Martin Henning, Ron Boschma, Karl-Johan Lundquist, & Lars‐Olof Olander. (2008). Who Needs Agglomeration? Varying Agglomeration Externalities and the Industry Life Cycle. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 21 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron, Rikard Eriksson, & Urban Lindgren. (2008). Labour mobility, related variety and the performance of plants : A Swedish study. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
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Neffke, Frank, Martin Henning, & Ron Boschma. (2008). Surviving in agglomerations: Plant evolution and the changing benefits of the local environment. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron & Robert C. Kloosterman. (2005). Learning from clusters; A critical assessment from an economic-geographical perspective. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 24 indexed citations
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Boschma, Ron & J.G. Lambooy. (2000). Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 4 indexed citations

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