Technological revolutions, socio-technical transitions and the role of agency: Värmland’s transition to a regional bio-economy

Paulina Ramirez

doi:10.1080/00343404.2021.1957810

Technological revolutions, socio-technical transitions and the role of agency: Värmland’s transition to a regional bio-economy

Paulina Ramirez^*

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Abstract

The paper draws on the literatures on techno-economic paradigms and socio-technical transitions to analyse the impact of technological revolutions on regional development. Based on interview data collected from policymakers and regional firms, the paper adopts a multi-scalar approach to analyse the role of agency and strategy formulation in the emergence of a new bio-based techno-economic paradigm and the early stages of a process of socio-technical transition towards a forest-based bio-economy in the Värmland Region of Sweden. The paper contributes to an understanding of the role of strategic agency in new regional path creation in the context of radically technological change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1642-1651
Number of pages	10
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	55
Issue number	10-11
Early online date	17 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1957810
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2021

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Funding Information:
The research underpinning this article was funded by the European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions–RISE [grant agreement number 691192]. I thank the four anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments, which led to a substantive review of the early version of the paper. I also thank the editors and staff of Regional Studies for their patience during the challenging period of the pandemic.

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© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

technological revolution
socio-technical transitions
bio-economy
regional path creation
multinationals
innovation policy

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General Environmental Science
General Social Sciences

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Technological revolutions, socio-technical transitions and the role of agency: Värmland’s transition to a regional bio-economy

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