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Green to stay? Mechanisms explaining green industrial resilience during an external shock

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  • Stig-Erik Jakobsen
  • Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund
  • Svein Gunnar Sjøtun
  • Heidi Wiig

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We analyse how COVID-19 as an external shock has influenced greening activities in three industries in Western Norway. Drawing on the evolutionary economic geography literature on green industrial path development and economic resilience, we provide fresh insights into the resilience of ongoing greening processes. Through qualitative case studies, we reveal that the capabilities of industry firms, market conditions, the greening status of the industry, the regional industry composition, and national policies are important mechanisms explaining how industries in regions adapt and alter greening activities in response to external shock. We also observe diversity in how these mechanisms operate across industries.

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  • Stig-Erik Jakobsen & Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund & Svein Gunnar Sjøtun & Heidi Wiig, 2025. "Green to stay? Mechanisms explaining green industrial resilience during an external shock," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2520597-252, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2520597
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2520597
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