Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy.
This paper analyses the potential, barriers and limitations for regional innovation policy to facilitate industrial renewal in old industrial regions. It draws on a case analysis of the policy programme ‘Biorefinery of the Future’ geared to promote renewal of the forest industry in Northern Sweden....
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:9c252101-e127-498c-8eea-e34c50392cbb 2023-05-15T17:44:34+02:00 Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy. Coenen, Lars Moodysson, Jerker Martin, Hanna 2015 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/5212306 https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.979321 eng eng Taylor & Francis https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/5212306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.979321 wos:000353626000010 scopus:84928046505 Regional Studies; 49(5), pp 850-865 (2015) ISSN: 1360-0591 Human Geography Social Sciences Interdisciplinary contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2015 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.979321 2023-02-01T23:28:58Z This paper analyses the potential, barriers and limitations for regional innovation policy to facilitate industrial renewal in old industrial regions. It draws on a case analysis of the policy programme ‘Biorefinery of the Future’ geared to promote renewal of the forest industry in Northern Sweden. It is shown that infusion of radical emergent technology is necessary for new regional path development, but not sufficient. To avoid a singular focus on technology-push, policy should pay more attention to complementary experimentation processes in relation to demand-side characteristics, firm strategies and business models as well as regulatory aspects. Moreover, coordination between regional innovation policy and adjacent domains and levels of policy-making is needed as some of the most pressing obstacles for renewal are not specific to the region but instead to the industry at large. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Lund University Publications (LUP) Regional Studies 49 5 850 865 |
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This paper analyses the potential, barriers and limitations for regional innovation policy to facilitate industrial renewal in old industrial regions. It draws on a case analysis of the policy programme ‘Biorefinery of the Future’ geared to promote renewal of the forest industry in Northern Sweden. It is shown that infusion of radical emergent technology is necessary for new regional path development, but not sufficient. To avoid a singular focus on technology-push, policy should pay more attention to complementary experimentation processes in relation to demand-side characteristics, firm strategies and business models as well as regulatory aspects. Moreover, coordination between regional innovation policy and adjacent domains and levels of policy-making is needed as some of the most pressing obstacles for renewal are not specific to the region but instead to the industry at large. |
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Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy. |
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Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy. |
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Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy. |
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Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy. |
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path renewal in old industrial regions: possibilities and limitations for regional innovation policy. |
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Regional Studies; 49(5), pp 850-865 (2015) ISSN: 1360-0591 |
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