Local and Regional Development

Pike, Andy; Rodríguez‐Pose, Andrés; Tomaney, John

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“…: 1042), for example, argues that strategies for regional development need to be ‘tailored to the potential of place‐bounded institutions in order to make the most of intervention’. Such a place‐based analysis would overcome problems related to ‘one‐size‐fits‐all’ approaches, including the conflation of institutional environment and arrangements, failure to consider ‘soft’ or informal institutions and difficulties in measuring institutional impact on economic development at the local or regional scale (see Rodríguez‐Pose, ; Pike et al ., , Montero and Chapple, ). This approach would not only focus on institutions that build upon particular local capabilities and provide the basis for interaction between place‐based and place‐less actors for policy design and implementation (see Barca et al ., ), it would also emphasize institutional diversity and socially constructed institutional arrangements at the subnational level.…”

Section: Institutions Growth and Regional Economic Development: Chalmentioning

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Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia

Franz¹

2018

Int J Urban Regional Res

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By critically reviewing different strands of literature on institutional change and development, this essay argues that, in order to fully understand subnational economic development, we need to move away from ‘good governance' explanations in which geography‐specific analyses of power structures and elite interests are largely absent. Using findings for Colombia and insights from economic geography and heterodox political economy theories, this essay gives theoretical and conceptual guidelines and approximations for future studies on regional economic development. The contribution provides a place‐based discussion of how the historically evolved distribution of power balances, context‐specific elite interests, and the interaction between place‐bound actors and place‐less dynamics affect subnational institutional arrangements shaping policies and development outcomes. The conclusions drawn are not limited to Colombia and will prove beneficial to researchers studying regional economic development in subnational contexts elsewhere in the world.

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Section: Institutions Growth and Regional Economic Development: Chalmentioning

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Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia

Franz¹

2018

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…Regarding beliefs of institutionalists and their idea that markets are “social constructs made and reproduced through frameworks of socially constructed institutions and conventions” (Pike et al, , p. 91), institutions become much more than simple regulators of economic activity on regional level. They determine the level of activity and its efficiency.…”

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Regional Inequalities in the European Union and the Role of Institutions

Muštra

Škrabić

2014

Rev Urban & Reg Develop

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This research extends the literature on regional inequalities in the European Union in two directions. First, it confirms the importance of institutions for regional inequalities among 18 EU member countries, and second, indicates which dimension of the institutional quality is important by using the six dimensions of the Worldwide Governance Indicator. The results support standard "rules of engagement" that reduce transaction costs by lowering uncertainty and facilitating the mutual trustworthiness of individual economic agents that spread equally among regions in specific countries. In addition, we interpret empirical evidence to determine that institutions also shape regional inequalities indirectly through political channels.

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“…These processes resulted in a growing international, inter‐regional and interurban competition (Pike et al . ). Furthermore, both a vertical and horizontal rescaling of statehood can be witnessed (Brenner ).…”

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“…Over the last decades, scientific and political interest in the geographical scale of the region has been renewed (Pike et al . ; Antonsich ). This interest can be traced back to processes of internationalisation and globalisation that have reordered political, economic and cultural relationships into global patterns.…”

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Behind the Scenes of Place Branding: Unraveling the Selective Nature of Regional Branding

Messely¹,

Dessein

Rogge³

2014

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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Processes of globalisation, internationalisation and rescaling of statehood have led to an increased competition between regions. Place branding has become one of the central concepts for promoting local competitiveness and for capturing significant mind and market share. It is a promotional strategy that includes all activities that increase the attractiveness of an area as a place for working, living and spending free time. Place branding involves the development of a place brand, which entails selecting place-specific attributes and values to represent the place. A vast number of different actors contribute to the creation of the regional brand and the way it will be developed and communicated. This paper focuses on place branding at the regional level and investigates the selections that are made by the regional actors involved in two regional branding projects in Flanders. Furthermore, it unravels which underlying factors influence these selection processes.

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Local and Regional Development

Cited by 436 publications

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Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia

Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia

Regional Inequalities in the European Union and the Role of Institutions

Behind the Scenes of Place Branding: Unraveling the Selective Nature of Regional Branding

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