System-level agency and its many shades: path development in a multidimensional innovation system

Autor(en)
Maximilian Benner
Abstrakt

In the path development literature, how agents shape innovation systems has attracted growing interest. However, the concept of such system-level agency suffers from an unclear distinction from other levels of agency, underdeveloped links to other agency concepts, vagueness about the conceptualization of a multidimensional innovation system and the impact of agency on it, and a limited understanding of the variegated outcomes of agentic processes. This article offers a sympathetic critique, suggests ideas for a nuanced multilevel agency conceptualization, and proposes a research agenda to close the gaps in understanding how system-level agency affects the course and outcomes of path development.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Journal
Regional Studies
Band
58
Seiten
238-251
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
0034-3404
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2179614
Publikationsdatum
2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie, 507014 Regionalentwicklung
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft, Allgemeine Sozialwissenschaften
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/efe4e6db-2ef3-4f78-afd6-30ab5f329047