Growth Pole Theory, Technological Change, and Regional Economic Growth

Thomas, Morgan D.

doi:10.1111/j.1435-5597.1975.tb00932.x

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“…The growth pole/growth center literature that built upon Perroux's (1950) seminal contributions was among the earliest theoretical frameworks addressing industrial structure and helped usher in cluster development approaches. The two related, but less than identical, constructs laid the groundwork for substantial conceptual development over the first quarter century of regional science research (see Hansen, 1967;Darwent, 1969;Lasuen, 1969;Campbell, 1972;Parr, 1973;Beyers, 1974;Thomas, 1975). It also fueled a parallel effort focusing on the identification of key sectors, those propulsive growth pole industries whose activities stimulate greater than average activity among industries in an economic system (early examples include Rasmussen, 1957;Hirschman, 1958;and Chenery and Watanabe, 1958).…”

Section: Notable Precursorsmentioning

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Are Industry Clusters and Diversity Strange Bedfellows?

Jackson

2015

Review of Regional Studies

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In this address, I review industry clustering and diversification strategies to compare and contrast their underlying foundations. The lack of a consensus choice of one or the other for regional economic development strategies along with the recognition that in the dynamic process of development these two processes are related leads me to conclude that clusters and diversity need not be such strange bedfellows after all, and that a rational approach to economic development can leverage the strengths of each and offset weaknesses. I follow this discussion by introducing a cluster assessment diversification strategy (CADS) apparatus that can be used to measure existing cluster strength, identify industrial strengths and deficit bottlenecks, and explore the regional consequences of potential cluster diversification strategies.

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Section: Notable Precursorsmentioning

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Are Industry Clusters and Diversity Strange Bedfellows?

Jackson

2015

Review of Regional Studies

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“…The propulsive industries or lead firms theoretically lead to a change in output in accompanying firms such as manufacturing (Thomas, 1975). Growth poles originally referred to this agglomeration or cluster of growth industries and their associated linkages in the economy whose economic output served to drive economic growth (World Bank, 2011).…”

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Multijurisdictional Industrial Parks and Revenue Sharing: An Application of Growth Pole Theory

Jolley

Paynter

2013

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Rural communities often lack the fiscal capacity to make the necessary investments to differentiate their industrial and technology parks in a crowded marketplace. This case study examines Triangle North, a multi-jurisdictional industrial/technology park in North Carolina. The study discusses the application of growth pole theory as the intellectual underpinnings of the joint park, its innovative financing and revenue sharing arrangement, and lessons learned from its implementation that can be applied to other locales.

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“…The analytical posterity of his research will prove immense (Thomas, 1975). In France, a whole series of approaches will follow, but the most fruitful is certainly the one initiated by Jacques Boudeville (1972) and his epigones, in terms of static and dynamic formalization of polarization relations.…”

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Regional science: economy and geography in France and French‐speaking countries

Pumain

Torre

2020

Papers in Regional Science

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The objective of this paper is to assess the French‐speaking countries contributions to regional science since its creation in the 1950s. France, and other French‐speaking countries, very quickly adhered to the approach of the founding fathers of regional science. French‐language research developed for several years without maintaining major relations with the main streams that flow through regional science. However, the years 2000 and 2010 saw the emergence of streams of thought that strongly irrigate at the international level. The authors of this paper are part of this movement. Here we trace the origins and development of the French‐speaking contribution to regional sciences, while highlighting the originality of the French‐language approach. First, the question of academic and institutional contexts is discussed, with the role of the founders and the peculiar place of Journals and public institutions. Further sections analyse the main contributions coming from economics (local systems of production and innovation, innovative milieus and proximity analysis) and geography (regional development at a global scale, and urban systems and complexity). We conclude with cross‐disciplinary contributions including intra‐urban organization and mobility, territorial governance and territorial development, as well as other approaches to the social sciences, in the contemporary issues of city and territorial governance.

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Growth Pole Theory, Technological Change, and Regional Economic Growth

Cited by 27 publications

References 25 publications

Are Industry Clusters and Diversity Strange Bedfellows?

Are Industry Clusters and Diversity Strange Bedfellows?

Multijurisdictional Industrial Parks and Revenue Sharing: An Application of Growth Pole Theory

Regional science: economy and geography in France and French‐speaking countries

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