Untangling regional opportunity spaces: The role of narratives and place leadership

Max Roessler (), Markus Grillitsch, Johan Miörner () and Daniel Schiller
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Max Roessler: University of Greifswald, Postal: Germany
Johan Miörner: CIRCLE, Lund University, Postal: CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, Lund University, PO Box 117, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden

No 2024/5, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives about regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to investigate how place leaders engage in shaping narratives to influence the perception of regional opportunity spaces. The empirical research is based on a comparative case study of four peripheral regions in Germany including ninety-two interviews with regional stakeholders complemented by two cross-regional focus groups. Our findings emphasize the central role of place leadership in influencing the perception of regional opportunity spaces, show two pathways of changing dominant narratives (outside-in and inside-out) and provide a multiple-phase framework for their analysis.

Keywords: opportunity spaces; narratives; place leadership; agency; peripheral regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 P52 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2024-03-21
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-sbm, nep-tid and nep-ure
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