Arne Isaksen is a Professor in Economic Geography at the Department of Work Life and Innovation at the University of Agder, Norway. He is an expert in studies of regional innovation system and innovation policy, and has published a large number of articles in international journals. Stig-Erik Jakobsen is a Professor in Innovation Studies at the Western Norway University of Applied Science. He is experienced in studies of industrial development, innovation and innovation policy, and has an extensive publication record in international journals. He is also Associate Editor of European Planning Studies.

• 1. New path development between innovation systems and individual actors Arne Isaksen and Stig-Erik Jakobsen 2. A review of (almost) 20 years of regional innovation systems research David Doloreux and Igone Porto Gomez 3. Developing cross-industry innovation capability: regional drivers and indicators within firms Elisabet S. Hauge, Nina Kyllingstad, Natalia Maehle and Ann Camilla Schulze-Krogh 4. Entrepreneurial industry structures and financial institutions as agents for path dependence in Southwest Norway: the role of the macroeconomic environment Martin Gjelsvik and Jarle Aarstad 5. Unfolding the relationship between resilient firms and the region Mary Genevieve Billington, James Karlsen, Line Mathisen and Inger Beate Pettersen 6. Extra-regional linkages through MNCs in organizationally thick and specialized RISs: a source of new path development? Heidi Wiig Aslesen, Katja Maria Hydle and Kristin Wallevik 7. Foreign direct investment and renewal of industries: framing the reciprocity between materiality and discourse Arnt Fløysand, Rune Njøs, Trond Nilsen and Vigdis Nygaard 8. Paving the way for new regional industrial paths: actors and modes of change in Scania’s games industry Johan Miörner and Michaela Trippl 9. Regional agency and constitution of new paths: a study of agency in early formation of new paths on the west coast of Norway Ann Karin T. Holmen and Jens Kristian Fosse 10. Regional skill relatedness: towards a new measure of regional related diversification Rune Dahl Fitjar and Bram Timmermans 11. Public policies and cluster life cycles: insights from the Basque Country experience Aitziber Elola, Jesus M. Valdaliso, Susana Franco and Santiago M. López