Johan Miörner
Biträdande universitetslektor
Towards a stage model of regional industrial path transformation
Författare
Summary, in English
The recent debate on innovation-based structural change in Evolutionary Economic Geography is characterised by a strong focus on the rise of new industrial paths. This paper seeks to shift attention and cast light on radical innovation activities occurring within existing paths without necessarily leading to their dissolution. Departing from a systemic perspective of path development we propose a stage model of path transformation. We outline how radical change becomes initiated, reinforced and finally consolidated in established industrial paths. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which actors–influenced by ‘the past’ and driven by visions and expectations (that is, ‘the future’)–exert agency to stimulate asset modification processes that are assumed to underpin path transformation and the reconfiguration of the wider support structures. The framework is applied to the analysis of the automotive industry in West Sweden, which is currently transforming towards the development of self-driving cars.
Avdelning/ar
- CIRCLE
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Publiceringsår
2021
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
160-181
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Industry and Innovation
Volym
28
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Economics
- Economic Geography
Nyckelord
- agency
- assets
- evolutionary economic geography
- Path transformation
- stage model
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1366-2716