Karl-Johan Lundquist
Professor
Industrial Transformation in Sweden 1978-2002 : Suggestions for an Evolutionary Approach to Regional Economic Change
Author
Summary, in English
There are also regional dimensions to a technology shift and dramatic structural change seems to be accompanied by sigma divergence. Industries where transformation has not been dramatic or not taken place at all are characterised by much more stabile geographical patterns. The way in which regions are able to take part in the technology shift could be specified by their “regional transformation capacity”. In the thesis, suggestions for further research are made based on this theoretical notion. The framework of future studies is related to recent advances within evolutionary economic geography, combining time and space dimensions. Especially, it is argued that different kinds of externalities vary in importance according to different phases of the technology shift process. The implications of such arguments for further studies are far reaching.
Department/s
- Department of Human Geography
Publishing year
2006
Language
English
Publication/Series
Meddelande från Lunds universitets geografiska institutioner. Licentiatavhandlingar
Issue
7
Document type
Licentiate thesis
Publisher
Lund University
Topic
- Human Geography
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Lars-Olof Olander
- Karl-Johan Lundquist
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1650-397X
- ISBN: 91‐974998‐6‐2