Migration, meaning(s) of place and implications for rural innovation policy

Advocates of rural innovation policy argue that understanding innovation through the eyes of local dwellers offers an alternative to theorizations focusing on proximity and clustering. The paper furthers this agenda, suggesting that heterogeneity within rural communities, which is the outcome of dif...

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Published in:Regional studies 2019-12, Vol.53 (12), p.1657-1668
Main Authors: Kalantaridis, Christos, Bika, Zografia, Millard, Debbie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clustering
Development policy
Diversification
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Heterogeneity
innovation
Innovation policy
Innovations
Knowledge management
Meaning
Migration
place
Policy making
Proximity
Rural areas
Rural communities
rural innovation policy
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Summary:Advocates of rural innovation policy argue that understanding innovation through the eyes of local dwellers offers an alternative to theorizations focusing on proximity and clustering. The paper furthers this agenda, suggesting that heterogeneity within rural communities, which is the outcome of differential meanings assigned to place by entrepreneurs with distinct migratory experiences, influences innovation. Specifically, it produces an innovation basis broader than expected given the effects of distance and low business densities. This supports the pursuit of diversification policies, the leveraging of knowledge resources, particularly transient and new, beyond the individual enterprise, and the engagement of diverse entrepreneurial actors in policy development.
ISSN:0034-3404
1360-0591
DOI:10.1080/00343404.2019.1597971