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Mikhail Martynovich

Mikhail Martynovich

Senior Lecturer

Mikhail Martynovich

Agency and economic change in regions : identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis

Author

  • Markus Grillitsch
  • Markku Sotarauta
  • Björn Asheim
  • Rune Dahl Fitjar
  • Silje Haus-Reve
  • Jari Kolehmainen
  • Heli Kurikka
  • Karl Johan Lundquist
  • Mikhail Martynovich
  • Skirmante Monteilhet
  • Hjalti Nielsen
  • Magnus Nilsson
  • Josephine Rekers
  • Sami Sopanen
  • Linda Stihl

Summary, in English

This paper investigates the role of human agency in 40 phases of regional economic development in 12 Nordic regions over 30 years. It contributes with a theoretical framework to study agency over time and a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on a unique dataset combining over 200 interviews, with printed and online sources, and quantitative data. The paper identifies which combinations of agency types and context conditions make industrial upgrading or diversification possible, and investigates how such combinations come into being. The causal claims from this analysis are illustrated with empirical examples and discussed in relation to previous literature.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography
  • CIRCLE

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

453-1468

Publication/Series

Regional Studies

Volume

57

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • entrepreneurship
  • industrial diversification
  • innovation
  • institutions
  • place-based leadership
  • regional development

Status

Published

Project

  • Regional Growth against all odds

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0034-3404