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Anchor or sinker – Large firms, anchoring capacity and regional development

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  • Nilsson, Magnus

    (Department of Business Administration, Lund University)

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This paper ties together two literatures which explain regional anchoring from different perspectives. One is based on the role of large organizations in anchoring an industry in a region, the other is systemic and deals with anchoring processes that circulate and embed knowledge. Each leaves implicit what the other explains. The aim is to understand how anchor effects and regional anchoring capacity interact across different regional contexts. Illustrative cases from three Swedish regions show how the two both diverge from and reinforce each other, anchor without anchoring and anchoring without an anchor, depending on regional configuration and anchor control.

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  • Nilsson, Magnus, 2026. "Anchor or sinker – Large firms, anchoring capacity and regional development," Papers in Innovation Studies 2026/13, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:lucirc:2026_013
    Note: This work was supported by the Hamrin Foundation (grant number 2024-01); Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse (grant number P20-0056) and Länsförsäkringar Alliance Research Foundation of Sweden (grant number 2017/01/011).
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    JEL classification:

    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • 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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