Towards a competence theory of the region
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This paper argues the case for extending the competence theory of the firm, or more generally the competence perspective, to analysis of the region. The relevance of the perspective follows from the characterisation of productive systems such as firms and regions as ensembles of competences that emerge from, but are not reducible to, social interaction. Attention is drawn to an identifiable (although unacknowledged) convergence of ideas in the recent regional literature, arguing that these ideas are best re-conceptualised in terms of regional competences. The cluster of hightechnology firms in the Cambridge region of the UK is briefly referred to in order to illustrate the main ideas of the paper.
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To understand economic development we need to look beyond traded interdependencies and also examine the untraded interdependencies between actors that explain the differential performance of economic systems.
“However, to understand economic development we need to look beyond these traded interdependencies and also examine the untraded interdependencies between actors that explain the differential performance of economic systems ( Dosi, 1988; Lawson, 1999; Storper, 1995 ).”
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“However, to understand economic development we need to look beyond these traded interdependencies and also examine the untraded interdependencies between actors that explain the differential performance of economic systems (Dosi, 1988; Lawson, 1999; Storper, 1995).”
- Authors
- Lawson, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lawson, C.
- Venue
- Cambridge Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1999-03-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-166
- ISSN
- 0309-166X (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3545
- OpenAlex
- W2089405343
- Cited by
- 339
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 42.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
- OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Development › Regional Development and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Regional Development and Policy
- Keywords
- regional competences, regional development, productive systems, social interaction, high-tech enterprises, industrial clusters
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