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Agency and Economic Change in Regions: Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to identify Routes to New Path Development

Markus Grillitsch, Markku Sotarauta, Björn Asheim, Rune Fitjar, Silje Haus-Reve, Jari Kolehmainen, Heli Kurikka, Karl-Johan Lundquist, Mikhail Martynovich, Skirmante Monteilhet, Hjalti Nielsen, Magnus Nilsson, Josefine Rekers, Sami Sopanen and Linda Stihl
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Markku Sotarauta: Tampere University, Postal: Finland
Björn Asheim: CIRCLE, Lund University, Postal: CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, Lund University, PO Box 117, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
Jari Kolehmainen: Tampere University, Postal: Finland
Heli Kurikka: Tampere University, Postal: Finland
Karl-Johan Lundquist: CIRCLE, Lund University, Postal: CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, Lund University, PO Box 117, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
Mikhail Martynovich: Lund University, Postal: Sweden
Skirmante Monteilhet: University of Stavanger, Postal: Norway
Hjalti Nielsen: Lund University, Postal: Sweden
Josefine Rekers: Lund University, Postal: Sweden
Sami Sopanen: Tampere University, Postal: Finland
Linda Stihl: CIRCLE, Lund University, Postal: CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research, Lund University, PO Box 117, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden

No 2022/5, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of human agency in 40 phases of regional economic development in 12 Nordic regions over 30 years. The paper contributes with a theoretical framework to study agency over time and a fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis based on a unique dataset combining over 200 interviews, with printed and online sources, and quantitative data. The paper identifies which combinations of agency types and context conditions make industrial upgrading or diversification possible, and investigates how such combinations come into being. The causal claims from this analysis are illustrated with empirical examples and discussed in relation to previous literature.

Keywords: regional development; industrial diversification; innovation; entrepreneurship; place-based leadership; institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O30 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2022-04-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ban, nep-geo, nep-his, nep-tid and nep-ure
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