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JRekers

Josephine Rekers

Universitetslektor

JRekers

Revisiting the role of selection for the evolution of industries

Författare

  • Markus Grillitsch
  • Josephine Rekers

Summary, in English

Despite a growing reliance on evolutionary theories when explaining industrial dynamics, the mechanism of selection has received limited attention. Selection is often taken for granted and conceptualised as product market competition. We go beyond this view and distinguish between different types of selection—formal and social—and consider how these lead to different entities being selected. Formal selection relies on codified selection criteria and often applies in selection environments where processes are standardised and institutions formalised. Social selection relies on reputation, referrals and previous interactions in order to evaluate intangible properties of the entities being selected. We argue that firms compete in multiple selection environments, not limited to product markets, that different selection environments may rely on different types of selection and that this has profound implications for industrial dynamics. This theoretical discussion is inspired by empirical observations of the medical technology industry in Sweden.

Avdelning/ar

  • CIRCLE
  • Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

Publiceringsår

2016-02-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

112-129

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Industry and Innovation

Volym

23

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Routledge

Ämne

  • Human Geography

Nyckelord

  • evolution
  • industrial dynamics
  • med-tech
  • Selection

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1366-2716