Regional economics in its 1950s: recent theoretical directions and future challenges

Capello, Roberta

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“…The former approach has been strongly influenced by economic points of view relating regional development to growth in income or employment, among other variables. This school of thought is called the regional growth perspective (Capello, 2008) and is macroeconomic in nature (see Todaro & Smith, 2012;Wennekers & Thurik, 1999). In this perspective, territorial features were added to the traditional macro-economic approach by treating space as uniform and abstract (Capello, 2009).…”

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“…that make economic growth and development possible. For instance, the shift from conceiving regional space as a physical metric and physical container to a diversified/relational has enabled researchers to interpret and model space as an economic resource (Capello, 2008) by restoring the concept of agglomeration inspired in Marshall (Marshall, 1920) and emphasizing the importance of micro-behavioral approaches as well as long-term competitiveness for a region.…”

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Family business and regional science: “Bridging the gap”

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Journal of Family Business Strategy

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Abstract. The purpose of this special issue is to stimulate research on the interaction between the fields of family business and regional science. Despite their overlapping themes and the high relevance of family firms for many regions, the two academic fields have emerged independently from each other, and little exchange exists. We discuss not only the role family firms play within the region in order to enhance our understanding of the ways family firms may (or may not) contribute to regional economic development but also the effect of socio-spatial and institutional context on firm behavior and performance. The set of empirical and theoretical articles included in this special issue represents an important early step bridging insights between the two fields.2

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“…Another reason is that the regional economy, which includes the location theory, became more popular in the 50s of the 20 th century. (Capello, 2007) Generally, it can be said that since the beginning of 1990, the spatial orientation in economic sciences has been shifted primarily to the development of cities and regions. (Cooke, 2007) As the first fundamental work in the field of industry location theory is regarded the one by Alfred Weber but the major theories in this area are acknowledged to W. Roscher (1865), A. E. Schäffle (1873) and W. Launhardt (1885).…”

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Regions Competitiveness Increase by Improving Conditions for Industry and Services

Jirásková¹

2013

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The main field of study regarding location theories is to define location factors and to determine the optimal location assuming rational behaviour of economic entities. The issue is to find out what place is suitable for localization of the economic entity in order to maximize its profits in relation to its spatial orientation. In the theoretical part, location theories for industry and services with the impact of location factors are first briefly described. Mainly their development and significance in the competitive environment is discussed because the right selection of location factors can actually help to increase the competitiveness of regions. This paper analyses the actual soft regional and local location factors in individual economic sectors and focuses on the secondary and tertiary sector because the primary sector is affected by other than the examined factors. The aim of this paper is to identify factors that affect industry and are more important to the service sector. Identifying these factors can actually help to attract new businesses and to increase regions competitiveness. It is, therefore, necessary to determine the key factors that have stimulating effects on the development of individual regions.

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“…Our view is that selective and focussed attempts to highlight general theoretical trends offers a more fruitful basis for a debate on current weaknesses and on possible future directions of regional economics. Inevitably, the set of 'mega-trends' in regional growth analysis offered in this section is both selective and incomplete (Capello, 2008a). Table 1 summarizes the two main 'mega-trends' that, in our view, largely characterize the theoretical developments over the last two decades in regional economics, and that are common to urban economics and to many other disciplines (Capello and Nijkamp, 2004) 2 : the need for more realism, and the move towards dynamic rather than static approaches.…”

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Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited

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Nijkamp²

2011

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Regional economics has a long tradition in analytical research and policy modelling, with the aim to enhance our understanding of regional competitiveness conditions and of the emergence, persistence, and mitigation of spatial socio-economic disparities. Unequal regional development in our open economy has prompted a long-lasting debate on the validity and usefulness of economic growth theories in a regional context. This paper aims to review various contributions to regional growth theory and regional policy analysis. It addresses both established regional growth theories and modern growth theories based on, for example, endogenous growth concepts. The paper also broadens the discussion by drawing attention to the importance of network ramifications and environmental sustainability for regional development. It concludes with the formulation of an agenda for future research.

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Regional economics in its 1950s: recent theoretical directions and future challenges

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Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

Family business and regional science: “Bridging the gap”

Family business and regional science: “Bridging the gap”

Regions Competitiveness Increase by Improving Conditions for Industry and Services

Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited

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