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Creating strategic couplings in global production networks: regional institutions and lead firm investment in the Humber region, UK

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Dawley, Stuart, MacKinnon, Danny, Pollock, Robert·2019·Journal of Economic Geography
DOI 10.1093/jeg/lbz004
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This article aims to unpack and analyse the institutional and political dynamics of strategic coupling from a host region perspective, adopting an actor-centred approach that focuses on regional institutions’ efforts to attract and embed lead firm investments within global production networks. We are particularly concerned with understanding the strategic agency and shifting coalitions of actors that create couplings and shape their evolution over time. This involves opening up the institutional underpinnings of strategic couplings by focusing more specifically on the key episodes in their creation and the organisation of the temporary coalitions that do the work of creating couplings. This approach is operationalised through a case study of the Siemens offshore wind turbine plant in the Humber region of England. In conclusion, we emphasise the need for regional institutions to develop adaptive coupling creation strategies that co-evolve with the reconfiguration of production networks and the reshaping of national institutional and political environments.

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  • Host country institutions can attract investment by lead firms through policies encouraging local content and promoting local supplier linkages.

    “Host country institutions can both attract investment by lead firms through policies encouraging local content and promoting local supplier linkages (Amendolagine et al., 2019;Dawley, MacKinnon, & Pollock, 2019;Liu & Dicken, 2006;Sturgeon et al., 2008;Yeung, 2016), and deter such investment due to insufficient IP protection and underdeveloped legal systems (Gooris & Peeters, 2016).”

    From Global value chains: A review of the multi-disciplinary literature (2020) · cites this paper as Dawley, MacKinnon, & Pollock, 2019

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Authors
Dawley, S., MacKinnon, D., & Pollock, R.
Affiliations
Newcastle University (GB)
Corresponding author
Dawley, Stuart
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Economic Geography
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2019-03-04
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pages
853-872
ISSN
  • 1468-2702 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2710
DOI
10.1093/jeg/lbz004
OpenAlex
W2920288766
Cited by
132
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 2
FWCI
18.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model (vor)
Locations
  • Journal of Economic Geography (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
  • Research Council of Norway (255400)
  • Internationalization of Norwegian Offshore Wind Capabilities
  • InNOWiC
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Social Sciences › Development › Regional Development and Innovation
Keywords
strategic coupling, global production networks, regional organizations, actor-centred approach, strategic agency, actor coalitions, industrial location, offshore wind energy

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