Introducing regional competitiveness and development: contemporary theories and perspectives

Huggins, Robert; Thompson, Piers

doi:10.4337/9781783475018.00005

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“…Competitiveness shapes' opportunities for youth, productivity of firms, and prosperity and sustainability of clusters, cities and regions, and international business (Porter 1990;Aiginger et al 2013;Huggins and Izushi 2015;Huggins and Thompson 2017). Competitiveness has a long history (Fagerberg and Srholec 2017).…”

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The Past and the Future of Competitiveness Research: A Review in an Emerging Context of Innovation and EMNEs

Momaya

2019

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Fields of strategy, competitiveness, and international business research are evolving steadily as more vexing challenges emerge and demand innovation. Key objective of this study is to longitudinally review literature on competitiveness and innovation to identify future sustainable directions. We adapt a systematic literature review approach to discern patterns in individual fields and at the intersection. This, complemented by review of patterns of trends in contributions by select countries and longitudinal experiential view of more than a quarter century of journey of author across select countries, provided new insights. We use the insights to evolve high-potential future topics for research, clustered by contexts, theory, and practices. This review-at the interfaces of theory and practice, and fields across disciplines-will help readers understand the gaps and explore opportunities for research projects in new directions. Synthesis of findings at the interface would facilitate pathways to further research and practice to enhance competitiveness across levels and sustainability.

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The Past and the Future of Competitiveness Research: A Review in an Emerging Context of Innovation and EMNEs

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2019

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“…Somewhat contrary to the capital accumulation model of regional growth, institutional theorists argue that differences in growth and prosperity across countries, regions and cities are strictly related to the quality of political and economic institutions that shape the economic activity (Huggins and Thompson, 2017).…”

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Why regions fail (or succeed). The Role of Government Institutions in the Long-Run

Bonanno

2019

Eur J Gov Econ

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This paper represents an attempt to reconcile some general intuitions provided by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in the book “Why Nations Fail” with the case of the deep regional disparities in the economic performances observed within the “Western” European Union during the period 2001-2015. By adopting an approach to growth analysis based on binary response models, this paper quantifies the extent to which the quality of government institutions has shaped regional economic performances in the European Union throughout the period comprising the Great Recession. Empirical results show that: 1) The higher is the quality of institutions, the higher is the probability that a region with high income per capita will grow above the levels of the European Union as a whole. 2) The higher is the quality of institutions, the lower is the probability that a low-income region will grow below the levels of European Union as a whole. 3) The higher is the quality of institutions, the higher (lower) is the probability that any region, regardless of its income per capita, will outperform (underperform) the European Union as a whole. 4) The higher is the quality of Institutions, the lower is the probability that a region will “fail” to grow.

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“…Because we needed a unidimensional proxy for development that could represent each LTS as a circle in the competitive positioning matrix, we decided to focus on the local population’s wealth. Wealth represents an essential aspect of development (Blakely and Green Leigh, 2010; Huggins and Thompson, 2017) and is highly indicative of quality of life (The World Bank, 2015). It mainly captures the material side of development (Friedmann, 2007) and can only somewhat reflect a community’s non-material assets (the so-called “social capital”; Fusco Girard, 2014) and efforts made to preserve its natural resources (Kumar Singh et al , 2009; Scipioni et al , 2009).…”

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Assessing the strategic needs of local territorial systems (LTSs)

Pino

Guido

Peluso

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Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the literature on place marketing by focusing on the concept of strategic needs, i.e. the set of strategic priorities that a place could achieve in a medium- to long-term horizon to improve its development. Design/methodology/approach The research examines the strategic needs of four local territorial systems (LTSs), i.e. clusters of municipalities that share social, economic and spatial similarities, located in a southern Italian province, through an analysis of their competitive positioning over three temporal instants. Findings For each LTS, the analysis identified a number of development goals that local policymakers could pursue and the strategies most suitable to achieve the said goals. Originality/value This paper proposes a new methodological approach to set the development goals of local areas based on the simultaneous assessment of their attractiveness and competitive capacity.

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Introducing regional competitiveness and development: contemporary theories and perspectives

Cited by 38 publications

References 126 publications

The Past and the Future of Competitiveness Research: A Review in an Emerging Context of Innovation and EMNEs

The Past and the Future of Competitiveness Research: A Review in an Emerging Context of Innovation and EMNEs

Why regions fail (or succeed). The Role of Government Institutions in the Long-Run

Assessing the strategic needs of local territorial systems (LTSs)

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