The paradox of the region: economic regulation and the representation of interests

Trigilia, Carlo

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“…Thus firms in regions with very high levels of potential social capital may be more likely to prioritize local partners. Trigilia (1986Trigilia ( , 1991 observes that the presence of very strong community bonds was one of the causes of the limited geographical scope of local firms' vision. Glasmeier (1994) claims that one of the causes of the Swiss watch industry's export contraction and consequent decline was an excessive number of local ties within the area, which led firms to ignore the advances being made in technology and markets.…”

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Trapped or spurred by the home region? The effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology

2012

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Drawing on social capital theory and the international business literature, we argue that domestic geography, in terms of localized potential social capital, facilitates individual firms' awareness of business opportunities, including knowledge related to involvement in the foreign markets for goods and technology, thereby enhancing firms' involvement in those foreign markets. When potential social capital reaches a certain threshold, it may work to trap firms into operating only within their home regions, thus reducing involvement in foreign markets. We conjecture that firms' research and development investment moderates the relationship between potential social capital and degree of involvement in foreign markets, but given the very different properties of the two markets, with different signs for each market: a positive moderation effect for the markets for goods, and a negative effect for the markets for technology. We find empirical support for our arguments based on a representative sample of around 2000 Italian firms.

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Trapped or spurred by the home region? The effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology

2012

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“…So the new spaces are 'filled in' socially and politically and the political agenda is structured in different ways. In the 1980s and 1990s it was argued that Europe had regions without regionalism as the formal structures of administration did not correspond with any sociological reality (Le Galès [1997]; Pastori [1980]; Trigilia [1991]); now the regionalism is there (Keating and Wilson [2014]). As emerging spaces are politicized and excluded groups seek entry into the governing arrangements, the political agenda is broadened.…”

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Europe as a multilevel federation

Keating

2017

Journal of European Public Policy

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European federalism must be conceived at multiple levels, not just that of the state and the EU. A regional level has emerged below and across the states, as a result of spatial rescaling: the migration of functional systems, political change and the institutionalization of the regional level. The sub-state region remains a contested space, both as to its territorial boundary and its control. The EU itself has used the regional level for the framing and implementation of its own policies. Regional politics are characterized by inter-regional competition. Demands for recognition and autonomy from below have added another dimension. There is not a uniform regional level of politics or policy but a variety of constructions of the region. Federalism helps us understand this changing dynamic, if it is seen not as a specific form of government but as a general principle of order, combining unity with diversity.

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“…No obstante la creciente convocatoria a una implicación estatal de orden local para desarrollar, o bien, sostener la dinámica de los distritos (Julien, 1992), , y algunas admisiones sobre la centralidad de los gobiernos regionales (Trigilia, 1991), estos enfoques continuaron sin otorgarle al Estado su especificidad institucional, ni reconocerle su fundamental rol de primer motor que actúa, desde el desarrollo de sólidas capacidades y definidas bases de coalición, quebrando o rediseñando legacies y redefiniendo aprendizajes (Fernández, 1997(Fernández, , 1998.…”

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Implicación Estatal y Desarrollo de Capacidades para una Nueva Estrategia de Desarrollo Regional

Fernández¹

2005

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RESUMENEn el presente trabajo se analizan los límites de los enfoques del desarrollo regional que han tenido lugar en las últimas dos décadas bajo el halo del paradigma de la acumulación flexible, y, a partir de allí, se explora la posibilidad de superarlos teniendo en cuenta una nueva y redefinida implicación estatal regional sustentada en el desarrollo de altas capacidades internas (con epicentro en la calidad burocrático-organizacionales de esas oficinas), e infraestructurales (fundadas en el enraizamiento de dichas oficinas en el desarrollo de los actores económico-institucionales que actúan a nivel territorial). Primeramente, se examinan los señalados enfoques regionalistas, criticando su fuerte selectividad empíricas en torno a un reducido cúmulo de experiencias que han logrado adquirir las ventajas estáticas y dinámi-cas que imponen el exigente contexto de la globalización. A partir de lo señalado, el trabajo: a) muestra la relevancia del Estado para actuar como primer motor en la reversión de los legados y los aprendizajes que impiden a las regiones periféricas adquirir esas ventajas. b) Destaca, junto a la redefinición de la morfología y el tipo de implicación del estatal, el papel estratégico que asumen las señaladas capacidades estatales internas e infraestructurales. Seguidamente se formulan un conjunto de argumentos que coadyuvan a destacar la relevancia de impulsar las capacidades estatales en aquellas oficinas regionales que: i) actúan dentro de las áreas decisionales económicas; ii) despliegan sus actividades fundamentales en un nivel meso, potenciando las redes de cooperación territorial entre actores económicos e institucionales; iii) e impulsan, centralmente, al sector industrial. Finalmente, se formula un conjunto de pautas metodoló-gico-analíticas para el estudio de las capacidades estatales en las oficinas prioritarias indicadas. En el caso de las capacidades internas, dichas pautas diferencian, y, a su vez, muestran las articulaciones de tres campos básicos: el del hardware (evalúa cuantitativa y articuladamente los recursos y los instrumentos), el del software (procura una evaluación cuanti-cualitativa y articulada de los recursos, fundamentalmente los recursos humanos) y el del orgware (se analiza el desarrollo organizacional de los recursos, fundamentalmente humanos, antes considerados). En el caso de las capacidades infraestructurales, las pautas metodológicas procuran evaluar cuanti-cualitativamente los mecanismos y los recursos comprometidos por las oficinas estatales prioritarias en la interacción con los actores territoriales y las percepciones por parte de estos últimos vinculadas a la dinámica y fortaleza de dichas oficinas.

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The paradox of the region: economic regulation and the representation of interests

Cited by 94 publications

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Trapped or spurred by the home region? The effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology

Trapped or spurred by the home region? The effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology

Europe as a multilevel federation

Implicación Estatal y Desarrollo de Capacidades para una Nueva Estrategia de Desarrollo Regional

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