2009/03/12 by Ron Boschma, Koen Frenken · 8 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Business Strategy and Innovation #Computer science #Development geography #Economic geography #Economics #Evolutionary economics #Geography #Historical geography #Human geography #Neoclassical economics #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Regional science #Sociology #Time geography #Variety (cybernetics) #Wine Industry and Tourism
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01018.x
published in Economic Geography 85(2), 151-158 (Taylor & Francis)
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abstract Within the evolutionary economic geography framework, the role of institutions deserves more explicit attention. We argue that territorial institutions are to be viewed as orthogonal to organizational routines since each territory is characterized by a variety of routines and a single firm can apply its routines in different territorial contexts. It is therefore meaningful to distinguish between institutional economic geography and evolutionary economic geography as their explanans is different. Yet the two approaches can be combined in a dynamic framework in which institutions coevolve with organizational routines, particularly in emerging industries. Furthermore, integrating the evolutionary and institutional approach allows one to analyze the spatial diffusion of organizational routines that mediate conflicts among social groups, in particular, those between employers and employees. An evolutionary economic geography advocates an empirical research program, both qualitative and quantitative, that can address the relative importance of organizational routines and territorial institutions for regional development.