Agency, networks and complexity: The many roles of academic institutions in regional development coalition building

Rómulo Pinheiro and Roger Normann
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Rómulo Pinheiro: University of Agder and Agderforskning, Norway
Roger Normann: Agderforskning, Norway

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2017, vol. 92, issue 02, 68-85

Abstract: This paper focuses on the increasing role of regional development coalitions as catalysts for institutional renewal and capacity building at the local level. Regional development coalitions can, broadly speaking, be characterised as actors working across organisational, institutional and sector boundaries, sharing common interests and rallying around a joint vision for regional development. The rise of regional development coalitions is intrinsically associated with the need for more flexible, multi-level governance and leadership frameworks that are multi-directional in nature –combining «top-down» and «bottom-up» approaches– and aimed at enhancing the overall resilience of local institutions. The paper’s conceptual basis builds on recent work around regional leadership. Empirically, and given the focus of the special issue, we focus on the local implementation of a national programme for stimulating regional innovation, inspired by the tripartite collaboration between academia, industry and local government in Southern Norway.

Keywords: coaliciones regionales; collaborative governance; gobernanza colaborativa; institutos de investigación; liderazgo regional; regional coalition; regional innovation system; regional leadership; research institutes; sistemas regionales de innovación; universidades; universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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