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johan miörner

Johan Miörner

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johan miörner

Shaping opportunity spaces : the role of narratives in place leadership

Author

  • Max Roessler
  • Markus Grillitsch
  • Johan Miörner
  • Daniel Schiller

Summary, in English

This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives surrounding regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to examine how place leaders engage in shaping narratives to influence the perception of opportunity spaces. The empirical research is based on a comparative case study of four peripheral regions in Germany, comprising 92 interviews with regional stakeholders and two cross-regional focus groups. The findings emphasise the central role of place leadership in shaping the perception of regional opportunity spaces, illustrate the various pathways of changing dominant narratives (e.g., endogenous or exogenous) and provide a multiple-phase framework for their analysis.

Department/s

  • Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy
  • Department of Human Geography
  • CIRCLE

Publishing year

2025

Language

English

Publication/Series

Regional Studies

Volume

59

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • agency
  • narratives
  • opportunity spaces
  • peripheral regions
  • place leadership

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0034-3404