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Shift-share analysis
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31 Oct 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the evolution of regional specificities and the evolution and development of regional economies as relations and conventions, products, technologies, and territories in a region.
Abstract: Part 1. Regions as Relations and Conventions. The Resurgence of Regional Economies, Ten Years Later. Regional Economies as Relational Assets. Part 2. Evolution and Territorial Development. The Evolution of Regional Specificities. Crossing Industrial Divides in a Region. Part 3. Products, Technologies, and Territories. Innovation as Collective Action: Conventions, Products, Technologies, and Territories. Regional Worlds of Production: Conventions of Learning and Innovation in the Technology Districts of France, Italy, and the United States. Part 4. Globalization and Territorial Specificity. Territories, Flows, and Hierarchies in the Clobal Economy. he Limits to Globalization: Technology Districts and International Trade. The World of the City: Local Relations in a Global Economy. Part 5. Regional Institutions, Territorial Orders. Institutions of the Learning Economy. Conclusion: Technology, Firm Strategies, and Territorial Order.
2,332 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that path dependence and lock-in are place-dependent processes, and as such require geographical explanation, but little is known about why some regional economies become locked into development paths that lose dynamism, whilst other regional economies seem able to avoid this danger and in effect are able to reinvent themselves through successive new paths or phases of development.
Abstract: In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of `path dependence' and `lock-in' as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their subject. However, they have tended to invoke these notions without proper examination of the ongoing discussion and debate devoted to them within evolutionary economics and elsewhere. Our aim in this paper, therefore, is, first, to highlight some of the unresolved issues that surround these concepts, and, second, to explore their usefulness for understanding the evolution of the economic landscape and the process of regional development. We argue that in many important aspects, path dependence and `lock-in' are place-dependent processes, and as such require geographical explanation. However, the precise meaning of regional `lock-in', we contend, is unclear, and little is known about why it is that some regional economies become locked into development paths that lose dynamism, whilst other regional economies seem able to avoid this danger and in effect are able to `reinvent' themselves through successive new paths or phases of development. The issue of regional path creation is thus equally important, but has been rarely discussed. We conclude that whilst path dependence is an important feature of the economic landscape, the concept requires further elaboration if it is to function as a core notion in an evolutionary economic geography.
1,907 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the basic facts about the regional economic performance, the composition of regional economies and the role of clusters in the US economy over period of 1990 to 2000.
Abstract: P ORTER M. E. (2003) The economic performance of regions, Reg. Studies 37 , 549-578. This paper examines the basic facts about the regional economic performance, the composition of regional economies and the role of clusters in the US economy over period of 1990 to 2000. The performance of regional economies varies markedly in terms of wage, wage growth, employment growth and patenting rate. Based on the distribution of economic activity across geography, we classify US industries into traded, local and resource-dependent. Traded industries account for only about one-third of employment but register much higher wages, far higher rates of innovation and influence local wages. We delineate clusters of traded industries using co-location patterns across US regions. The mix of clusters differs markedly across regions. The performance of regional economies is strongly influenced by the strength of local clusters and the vitality and plurality of innovation. Regional wage differences are dominated by the relati...
1,756 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider three main lines of analysis which have emerged, focusing respectively on insti tutions, industrial organization and transactions, and technological change and learning, and argue that none has yet developed a wholly convincing explanation for the resurgence of regional economies.
Abstract: Since the early 1980s, social scientists have increas ingly focused upon the significance of the region to the organization of economic life. This article considers three main lines of analysis which have emerged. These concentrate respectively on insti tutions, industrial organization and transactions, and technological change and learning. Each has made strong claims about the role of the region. I argue here, however, that none has yet developed a wholly convincing explanation for the resurgence of regional economies. To do this it is necessary to understand the region as a locus of untraded interdependencies. This has implications for how we think about regional and industrial policies. I illustrate these points with some remarks on regional policies in contemporary Europe.
1,649 citations