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Life Cycles, Contingency, and Agency: Growth, Development, and Change in English Industrial Districts and Clusters

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  • Andrew Popp

    (School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England)

  • John Wilson

    (Institute of International Business, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, England)

Abstract

Responding to a recent special issue of Environment and Planning A on decline in mature industrial regions, the paper summarises and presents recent historical work on English industrial districts and regions. The paper argues that historical methods, informed by cognate social sciences, allow us to place the concepts of contingency and lock-in on a firmer footing. The paper presents a nondeterministic life-cycle model of industrial districts.

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  • Andrew Popp & John Wilson, 2007. "Life Cycles, Contingency, and Agency: Growth, Development, and Change in English Industrial Districts and Clusters," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(12), pages 2975-2992, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:39:y:2007:i:12:p:2975-2992
    DOI: 10.1068/a38403
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