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Beyond clusters? Field configuration and regional platforming: the Aviation Valley initiative in the Polish Podkarpackie region

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  • Lech Suwala
  • Grzegorz Micek

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By combining the two emerging discourses on regional development platforms and field configuration, the study develops a novel perspective on regional transformation. This will be achieved through tracing self-reinforcing or counterbalancing events of a regional initiative and contextualising them within the trajectory of the Podkarpackie region in Southeast Poland, which intends to convert from a low-cost workbench towards an innovative centre. The results show that the regional policy in Podkarpackie underwent a transformation from a conventional cluster initiative towards smart specialisation and is now moving to something that might be referred to as ‘(smart) diversification’ in the future.

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  • Lech Suwala & Grzegorz Micek, 2018. "Beyond clusters? Field configuration and regional platforming: the Aviation Valley initiative in the Polish Podkarpackie region," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 11(2), pages 353-372.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:11:y:2018:i:2:p:353-372.
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    1. Suwala, Lech, 2021. "Concepts of Space, Refiguration of Spaces, and Comparative Research: Perspectives from Economic Geography and Regional Economics," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 22(3).
    2. Strambach, Simone & Pflitsch, Gesa, 2020. "Transition topology: Capturing institutional dynamics in regional development paths to sustainability," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(7).
    3. Albers, Hans-Hermann & Suwala, Lech, 2020. "Räumliches Unternehmensengagement (Corporate Spatial Responsibility) und Ortsführung (Place Leadership) in Kleinstädten. Perspektiven für eine neue Ortsführung? Eine Zusammenführung von zwei Diskursen," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 63-84.
    4. Lech Suwala & Robert Kitzmann & Elmar Kulke, 2021. "Berlin’s Manifold Strategies Towards Commercial and Industrial Spaces: The Different Cases of Zukunftsorte," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 415-430.
    5. Suwala, Lech & Albers, Hans-Hermann, 2020. "Corporate Spatial Responsibility and Sustainable Development Goals," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 141-153.
    6. Urszula Markowska-Przybyła & David M. Ramsey, 2018. "Social Capital and Long-Term Regional Development within Poland in the Light of Experimental Economics and Data from a Questionnaire," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-26, August.
    7. Suwala, Lech & Kitzmann, Robert & Kulke, Elmar, 2021. "Berlin’s Manifold Strategies Towards Commercial and Industrial Spaces: The Different Cases of Zukunftsorte," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 6(3), pages 415-430.
    8. Basco, Rodrigo & Suwala, Lech, 2021. "Spatial familiness and family spatialities—searching for fertile ground between family business and regional studies," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 7-32.
    9. Albers, Hans-Hermann & Suwala, Lech, 2021. "Place leadership and corporate spatial responsibilities," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 108-130.
    10. Albers, Hans-Hermann & Suwala, Lech, 2018. "Unternehmensengagement als Standortfaktor – mit der Wirtschaft attraktive (Klein-) Städte schaffen," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 6, pages 50-57.
    11. Basco, Rodrigo & Suwala, Lech, 2020. "Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 185-212.
    12. Rietmann Carsten, 2024. "Hidden Champions and their integration in rural regional innovation systems: Insights from Germany," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 68(1), pages 63-78.

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