The role of dynamic capabilities and social capital in breaking socio-institutional inertia in regional development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 836-852

  Pihkala, Tumo ^a   Harmaakorpi, Vesa ^a   Pekkarinen, Satu ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Path dependence; Regional development; Regional development networks; Regional resource base; Scio institutional inertia; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); PARADIGM SHIFT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN REGION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAHTI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37349115305     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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