GREAT REGIONAL AWAKENING: NEW DIRECTIONS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 4th – 7th June 2017 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland #RSADUBLIN facebook.com/regionalstudiesassociation linkedin.com/in/regionalstudiesassociation twitter.com/regstud RSA_ADP www.regionalstudies.org Company registered by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 4116288 Registered Charity No. 1084165 Regional Studies Association - A Leading and Impactful Community Great Regional Awakenings: New Directions 2017 Annual Conference 4th –7th June 2017 Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland This volume has been compiled by Lesa Reynolds ISBN: 978-1-897721-60-5 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS PAGE GOVERNING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOW COUNTRIES: FROM MANAGERIALISM TO 1 ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND FINANCIALIZATION Manuel B. Aalbers Jannes van Loon Stijn Oosterlynck DO FAMILY FIRMS ONLY SURVIVE? THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPITAL (EC) 1 ON FIRM SURVIVAL AND JOB RELATION Evans Adjei MEASURING THE IMPACT OF CLUSTERS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2 David Adkins DO RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INFLUENCE URBAN FORM? 2 Marcus Adolphson Oskar Fröidh CAPITAL CITY ANCHORING, INTERMEDIARY THEORIES & ACTORS: THE NEGOTIATION 3 BETWEEN CAPITAL SPHERES Cláudia Affonso Emília Rebelo THE IMPACT OF MOTORWAY EXPANSION ON CRIME PATTERNS IN IRELAND 3 Kerri Agnew DETERMINANTS OF SUICIDE RATES IN BRAZIL: A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS 4 Pedro Amaral Renato Siqueira BARGAINING DEVELOPMENT IN AN EXTRACTIVE GPN: UNPACKING POWER ASYMETRIES IN 4 THE CHILEAN COPPER MINING CASE Martin Arias DISPARITIES IN REGIONAL FINANCIAL DEEPENING: DOES BANK BRANCH LOCATION 4 MATTER? Rashmi Arora CHALLENGES OF NEW PATH DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR (REGIONAL) 5 INNOVATION POLICY Bjørn Asheim Sverre Herstad Michaela Trippl i LINKAGES AND NETWORKS. ARE MINING REGIONS IN CHILE BENEFITTING FROM RECENT 6 CHANGES IN MINING MULTINATIONALS LOCATION STRATEGIES? Miguel Atienza Lufin Marcelo Soto Juan LABOUR MARKET TRANSFORMATIONS IN ITALY DURING THE GREAT RECESSION: SOME 6 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IN A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE Maurizio Avola ‘BACK STAGE’ PLACE-BASED DEAL MAKING: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR 7 EFFECTIVENESS AND DEMOCRACY? Sarah Ayres PLACE, ECONOMY AND MANUFACTURING IN THE ‘CITY’ AND THE ‘REGION’ 7 David Bailey Paul Hildreth A DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING THE BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO TOURISM- 9 DRIVEN INCLUSIVE GROWTH Martine Bakker SHAPING REGIONAL FUTURES: PERFORMANCES OF REGIONAL DESIGN IN EUROPEAN 9 REGIONS Verena Elisabeth Balz Agnes Förster Wil Zonneveld THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IN POOR COUNTRIES: DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? 10 Raphael Bar-El INNOVATION DYNAMICS AND RENEWAL IN MATURE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS 10 Mariachiara Barzotto Lisa De Propris Phil Tomlinson MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES BETWEEN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS: A QCA 11 OF EUROPEAN CASE STUDIES Mariachiara Barzotto Lisa De Propris REGIONAL FAMILINESS 11 Rodrigo Basco Samuel Baixauli Soler Susana Alvarez Gregorio Sánchez Marín ii HATCHING THE EGG, POPULATING THE HIVE: CREATING A FERTILE FINTECH ECOSYSTEM IN 12 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM David Bassens Reijer Hendrikse Michiel Van Meeteren JOBS, WELFARE AND AUSTERITY: HOW THE DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN CASTS 13 A SHADOW OVER UK PUBLIC FINANCES Christina Beatty Steve Fothergill THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REGIONAL, NATIONAL & EU SUPPORT FOR INNOVATION IN THE UK 13 & SPAIN Bettina Becker Stephen Roper James Love POSITIONING CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE BUILDING OF ENGLISH AND WELSH CITY-REGIONS 14 David Beel Martin Jones Ian Rees Jones EXAMINING A NEW METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING PLACE LEADERSHIP: A SIX NATION 14 ANALYSIS Andrew Beer Sarah Ayres Terry Clower Fabian Faller Markku Sotarauta Alessandro Sancino THE MOVE TO LOW CARBON MOBILITY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES: WHAT ARE THE 15 IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGLISH RURAL MOTORISTS? Jason Begley NEW SERVICE ORIENTED MANUFACTURING AND PLACE-BASED DIVISION OF LABOUR: THE 15 CASE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OF PRATO Marco Bellandi Erica Santini DISPROPORTIONS AND IMBALANCES IN THE INTEGRATION PROCESS OF THE POST-SOVIET 16 REGION Anton Bendarzsevszkij CHANGES IN THE WEALTH OF HOUSEHOLDS AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008 IN THE 16 VISEGRAD COUNTRIES József Benedek György Kocziszky Mariann Veresné Somosi Dóra Szendi iii THE MICRO FOUNDATION OF SPATIAL STRUCTURAL CHANGE. KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE 17 FIRMS AND PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE LIGHT OF METROPOLITANISATION AND LOCATION COMPETITION Michael Bentlage IS SCIENTIFIC INTEGRATION ALWAYS GOOD? A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND 17 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE EU AND US Laurent Bergé Iris Wanzenböck UNORTHODOX COHESION POLICY IN HUNGARY 18 Judit Berkes THE PLACE TO BE! THE ROLE OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN SUPPORTING 18 SMART SPECIALIZATIONS: THE CENTRALITY VS PERIPHERY Tamara Besednjak Valič TIME, ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE(S), AND THE MEANING OF PLACE: USING 19 MIGRATION DISCONTINUITIES TO DECIPHER VARIATION IN RURAL CUMBRIA, ENGLAND. Zografia Bika Christos Kalantaridis GLOBAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS – A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND TYPOLOGY FROM 19 VARIOUS CLEANTECH INDUSTRIES Christian Binz Bernhard Truffer THE CO-BENEFIT CONCEPT AS AN ASSESSMENT PARADIGM TO SMART ENERGY DISTRICT 19 PROJECTS Adriano Bisello Farnaz Mosannenzadeh Daniele Vettorato COMPREHENDING THE ENTRANCE - EXIT DYNAMICS OF COMPANIES IN CONTEMPORARY 20 GVCS/GPNS Jiri Blazek Kaoru Natsuda ENTERPRISES IN THE SUBURBS AND THE LOCALITY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 20 Erik Borg Besrat Tesfaye Malin Gawell Ali Hajighasemi RELATEDNESS, KNOWLEDGE COMPLEXITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES OF 21 REGIONS. A FRAMEWORK FOR SMART SPECIALIZATION Ron Boschma Pierre-Alex Balland David Rigby iv THE DIGITAL ECONOMY – REPLACING OR SUPPORTING TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES? 21 Gary Bosworth Liz Price Tom Whilde TOWARDS PLACE-BASED DEAL-MAKING IN CANADA: FEDERAL METAGOVERNANCE 22 Neil Bradford ‘WHY DOES UK NOT HAVE ITS OWN GOOGLE, LET ALONE A NEW ARM?’ - AN ASSESSMENT 22 OF THE TAX AND FINANCING POLICY INCENTIVES THAT COULD INFLUENCE FIRM GROWTH IN UK Nasira Bradley TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IRELAND'S CITY REGIONS: PLANNING AND 23 GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES William Brady REFRAMING SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGIES AT THE URBAN LEVEL 23 Alberto Bramanti Giulia Lazzeri IS COMPLEXITY RARE? A NEW APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT OF KNOWLEDGE 24 COMPLEXITY Tom Broekel AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO GREEN ECONOMY TRANSITIONS IN TOURISM 25 Patrick Brouder Piotr Niewiadomski LOSING THEIR PLACE? THE IMPACT OF POLICY ON THE 'LOCAL EMBEDDEDNESS’ OF 25 COMMUNITY SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS IN ENGLAND Kevin Broughton ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: INCLUSIVE INSTITUTIONS IN THE TERRITORY AS A 26 COMMON Alberto Brugnoli Filippo Sabetti RESOURCES, ASSETS & LINKAGES: TOWARDS A RESOURCE BASED VIEW OF REGIONAL 26 ECONOMIES John Bryson Catherine Harris AREA BASED REGENERATION IN POLAND – THE POSSIBILITY OF MEASURING SUCCESS 27 Robert Buciak UNDERSTANDING HIGH-TECH CLUSTER EVOLUTION 27 Giulio Buciuni Dieter Kogler Paul Ryan v PROSPECTS FOR CITY LEADERSHIP IN REDRESSING THE HEGEMONY OF MARKET JUSTICE IN 28 EUROPE’S REGIONS Leslie Budd VISUALISATION & ANALYSIS OF FIRM NETWORKS: A COMPARISON OF THREE EUROPEAN 28 ICT CLUSTERS Eoin Byrne POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN GERMANY: THE CASE OF 29 RE-MUNICIPALISATION FOR URBAN REGENERATION, ECO TOWNS, AND REGIONAL PROSPERITY Ignazio Cabras Gabriel Weber THE SPATIAL & HIERARCHIC URBAN STRUCTURE OF THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX 29 COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL Lee Cahaner Nissim Leon MARSHALL, JACOBS AND THE OTHERS: A TAXONOMY OF THE ITALIAN PROVINCES 30 Giuseppe Calignano Luca De Siena Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen Solheim TRANSFORMING SMART CITIES WITH SOCIAL INNOVATION: PENTA HELIX MULTI- 30 STAKEHOLDERS FRAMEWORK Igor Calzada A METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING THE TERRITORIAL IMPACT OF MINING ACTIVITIES IN 31 BRAZIL Bernardo Campolina Anderson Cavalcante EASTERN VS. SOUTHERN PERIPHERY IN THE EU – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FROM A NEW 31 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY PERSPECTIVE Helen Caraveli CONTRIBUTION TO OPTIMISATION OF LAND USE PLANNING IN CITIES 32 Marina Carević POST-COMMODITY AFRICA: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AS ASSEMBLAGE 32 Pádraig Carmody MIGRATION, ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE NEOLIBERAL RESTRUCTURING IN EUROPE: THE 33 CASE OF ALBANIAN WORKING MIGRANT WOMEN IN GREECE Erka Caro CONCEPTUALIZING COHESION POLICY AS A CASE OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY: A 33 FRAMEWORK FOR THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS Mattia Casula vi WHO GOVERNS IN SUPRA-MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE? 34 Mattia Casula LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND CAPACITY BUILDING ON EU AFFAIRS 34 Nicola Catellani GOVERNANCE RESCALING & SPATIAL PLANNING: THE AMBIGUITIES OF REGIONALISM & 34 SPATIAL RESCALING IN PORTUGAL Cristina Cavaco João Pedro Costa THE URBAN DYNAMICS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEASURING THE DETERMINANTS OF 35 CENTRALITIES IN A BRAZILIAN METROPOLIS Anderson Cavalcante Renan Almeida SHOPPING & WORKING. SHOPPING CENTRES IN WARSAW BUSINESS DISTRICTS 36 Dorota Celinska-Janowicz SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATIONS GAP: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPEAN 36 REGIONS Victor Cepoi Borut Rončević STUDY ON THE CROSS-BORDER BEHAVIOR OF RESIDENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND 37 SHENZHEN Yu Chen CHINA’S MOVING SLUMS: A HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY OF RECYCLING AND HOUSING INJUSTICE 37 ON THE EDGE OF BEIJING Guo Chen LOGAN TOGETHER: A COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR ALL 38 CHILDREN Lesley Chenoweth David Hogan THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PUBLIC POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 38 ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN POLAND. THE COMPLEMENTARITIES AND THE CONFLICTS Paweł Chmieliński Marcin Gospodarowicz RIGHT TO THE CITY-REGIONS-EARTH: EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE WANTS THE BENEFITS OF 39 CIVILIZATION'S BUILT-ENVIRONMENT;