Green to stay? Mechanisms explaining green industrial resilience during an external shock

Stig-Erik Jakobsen, Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund, Svein Gunnar Sjøtun and Heidi Wiig

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2520597

Abstract: We analyse how COVID-19 as an external shock has influenced greening activities in three industries in Western Norway. Drawing on the evolutionary economic geography literature on green industrial path development and economic resilience, we provide fresh insights into the resilience of ongoing greening processes. Through qualitative case studies, we reveal that the capabilities of industry firms, market conditions, the greening status of the industry, the regional industry composition, and national policies are important mechanisms explaining how industries in regions adapt and alter greening activities in response to external shock. We also observe diversity in how these mechanisms operate across industries.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2520597

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