Application possibilities of the micro-meso-macro framework in economic geography

Heike Schroeder ()

No 1115, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: The micro-meso-macro approach is an analytical framework to study processes of economic evolution. In economic geography it has been hardly taken up so far. Using the example of spatial implications of corporate processes of adaption and renewal after structural interruptions, this paper shows at a conceptual level how the framework could be applied to topics in economic geography. Compared to other approaches, the micro-meso-macro framework has several advantages: It allows to analyse the coevolution between different forms of knowledge in an economic system and the context in which companies operate. By integrating mechanism rules, it also considers the ability of firms to adapt to a changing environment. Furthermore, it is possible to explain the interplay between enterprises and higher levels of analysis like industry sectors or regions through the analytical unit of the rule trajectory. In this paper it is argued not to assign any spatial dimension to the different levels of analysis per se, but to examine the mechanism rules along trajectories of operational rules under a spatial perspective.

Keywords: evolutionary economic geography; analytical framework; rules; coevolution; meso level; corporate processes of renewal; structural interruptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2011-08, Revised 2011-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-evo, nep-geo, nep-hme and nep-ure
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