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Strategic regional path development? Place-based industry development in nation-states’ pursuit of prosperity, autonomy, and sustainability

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  • Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Simon

    (HEC Montréal)

  • Shearmur, Richard

    (McGill University)

  • Doloreux, David

    (HEC Montréal)

  • Gauthier, Amélie

    (HEC Montréal)

Abstract

Amid growing geopolitical tensions and supply chain fragilities, many countries adopt new industrial policies aimed at reshoring strategic industries. Simultaneously, rising awareness of the link between feelings of disenfranchisement and regional development levels underscores the strategic importance of intra-national industrial location. Within this context, we propose the concept of Strategic Regional Path Development, understood as a mechanism for (supra-) national industrial capacity-building based on top-down government interventions. Testing the framework using a semiconductor innovation zone in Québec as a case study, we conclude that success depends on aligning expectations and reconciling perspectives on its purpose across policymaking levels and involved actors.

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  • Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Simon & Shearmur, Richard & Doloreux, David & Gauthier, Amélie, 2024. "Strategic regional path development? Place-based industry development in nation-states’ pursuit of prosperity, autonomy, and sustainability," Papers in Innovation Studies 2024/20, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
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    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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