Trinity of change agency, regional development paths and opportunity spaces
By Markus Grillitsch, Markku Sotarauta. Progress in Human Geography, 2020
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The study of regional growth paths is a key theme in economic geography and of elemental interest for regional development. This paper addresses the interplay between path-dependent, structural forces and the construction and utilization of opportunities through agentic processes. Extending the evolutionary framework, it is argued that not only history but also perceived futures influence agentic processes in the present and thus shape regional development paths. The paper discusses the relevance and interdependencies of three types of agency with distinct theoretical roots, namely Schumpeterian innovative entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship and place-based leadership, as main drivers of regional structural change.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations
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- ‘The problem-centred expert interview’. Combining qualitative interviewing approaches for investigating implicit expert knowledge (2020, background): “However, lately a growing number of authors dealing with key agents claim to ‘ zoom in also on the “ subjective ” stories of individuals, and grasp their perceptions, intentions, and change strategies ’ (Grillitsch & Sotarauta, 2019, p. 14) which drive their actions.”
- Regional worlds: from related variety in regional diversification to strategic coupling in global production networks (2020, methodology): “This actor/agency-centric view of strategic coupling with GPN is relevant for the more recent EEG work focusing on the agents of path creation and diversification in regions (e.g., Elekes et al., 2019; Frangenheim et al., 2020; Grillitsch & Sotarauta, 2020; Neffke et al., 2018).”