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Human Geography

Karl-Johan Lundquist

Professor

Human Geography

The technology shift thesis : Understanding long term growth and transformation in a regional system

Författare

  • Karl-Johan Lundquist
  • Lars-Olof Olander
  • Mikhail Martynovich

Summary, in English

The technology shift thesis
Understanding long term growth and transformation in a regional system

Abstract
In this paper we examines the long run economic growth and productivity performance of regions and how this relates to different phases of structural change and economic adaptability in different part of a national regional system.
Firstly, we suggest a theoretical ‘systemic’ approach for analyzing long term regional economic growth and transformation. Special emphasis is given to radical technology shifts and their effect in time and space, such as lead-lag relations between industries and regions leading to divergence and convergence in regional growth as consequences of technological change, market integration and economic growth. We hypothesis that technology shifts in combination with industry structure and the existing hierarchy of regions will put strong restriction on what can be achieved in terms of transformation and growth for single regions in specific time periods but also on how interdependency in a regional system evolves over time.
Secondly, in the empirical work, based on detailed analysis of the Swedish regional system 1985-2008, we show that the technology shift have targeted various part of the regional system at different points of time setting the overall average agenda for structural change, productivity development and growth for different levels of the regional system. Further on we have found that regions belonging to different level of the hierarchy tend to follow different “growth corridors” giving the basic precondition for regions to take advantage or not of the impact from the technology shift. Finally we have identified outliers and unexpected idiosyncratic regional growth trajectories calling for further in-depth research.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

Publiceringsår

2017-07-05

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Rapport

Förlag

Department of Human Geography, Lund University

Ämne

  • Social and Economic Geography

Nyckelord

  • Technology shift
  • Structural analysis
  • Regional analysis
  • Systemic approach
  • Regional system

Status

Published

Report number

2017

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-91-7753-382-5
  • ISBN: 978-91-7753-381-8