Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia

Autor: Arnault Morisson, Eva Panetti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Regional Studies, Regional Science, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 35-51 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-1376
21681376
DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1703796
Popis: During a period of regional structural change, the socio-institutional structure and the techno-economic structure are temporarily decoupled due to the relative inertia of the former compared with the rapid changes in the latter. The lag in the coevolution of the socio-institutional and techno-economic structures generates inefficiencies and instabilities, causing transitional failure. In exploring the rationale for policy intervention, this paper examines the actors that aim to influence socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia. It finds that the private sector, under the informal leadership of the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño, has played the role of institutional entrepreneurs to influence socio-institutional changes. In regions located on the knowledge periphery, in which the socio-institutional structure has not yet fully coevolved with the novel techno-economic structure, policy-makers can induce socio-institutional changes by learning from regions that have already transitioned to the novel techno-economic paradigm.
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