“…Borrowing from Phelps (2012), Shearmur (2017), Eder (2018) and others, we suggest that innovation can, and does, occur in many different types of places, and, in particular, in places that do not benefit from the diversity and density usually understood as prerequisites for local innovation processes to emerge (Florida et al, 2017;Jacobs, 1969). Borrowing from Phelps (2012), Shearmur (2017), Eder (2018) and others, we suggest that innovation can, and does, occur in many different types of places, and, in particular, in places that do not benefit from the diversity and density usually understood as prerequisites for local innovation processes to emerge (Florida et al, 2017;Jacobs, 1969).…”