Roman Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3711062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roman Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roman |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5003-0986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Shifting demand conditions and green regional industrial path development
Recent literature on green regional industrial path development discusses knowledge dynamics between actors, the roles of agency, institutions, policy, and regional assets. However, the role of demand remains underexplored, despite its potential influence on sustainability transitions in regions. This paper conceptualises demand as a driver of change within regional innovation systems (RIS), integrating insights from socio-technical transitions i…
Multilevel policy and green regional industrial path development
This paper examines the role of policy at multiple levels in green regional industrial path development. While existing research on green path development generally acknowledges the role of policy, less is known about how different policy levels interact. To address this gap, we develop a conceptual framework informed by global production networks and multilevel governance and explore the different roles that policy can play. We draw on a case st…
Asset modification for regional industrial restructuring in times of economic crisis
Contributing to the literature on regional industrial restructuring, this article presents findings on how firms modify assets to overcome an economic crisis. Empirically, this article draws on interviews with 33 firms in the oil and gas (O&G) industry in Southern Norway, which experienced a major crisis caused by a fall in global oil prices in 2014–2015. We investigate how the crisis affected the asset base of the local firms, how they modified …
The role of demand in regional industrial path development – examples from the Swedish periphery
This paper deals with the role that demand can play in regional industrial transformation, focusing on new industry formation in peripheral regions. As we argue in this paper, demand can be an important driver for industrial transformation, yet often underscored in the literature on regional development. Demand includes aspects related to general consumption patterns, to co-development between users and producers, to public procurement, or to nor…
Weaving sustainability
The article contributes to the literature on industrial path development through its focus on asset modification for green path development in the Norwegian outdoor textile industry.The authors drew on the concepts of green path development and asset modification to develop a theoretical framework that describes green industrial restructuring as a process by which firms build on various firm-level and system-level assets that are altered through …
When regional meets global
For firms in symbolic (creative) industries, the region is usually seen as the main arena for knowledge sourcing and exchange. Why and how these firms use global innovation networks remains however poorly understood. This paper draws on in-depth interviews with firm representatives and network data collected through a survey of video game developers in southern Sweden. Video game development is a typical example of a symbolic industry, encompassi…
The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development
This paper contributes to the literature on new regional industrial path development by highlighting the multiple roles that demand can play in regional development. We develop a conceptual framework relating different roles of demand to different types of new path development. Based on the literature on regional development, we differentiate between the role of demand as anonymous consumer, sophisticated buyer, active co-developer, public procur…
The evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden – regional innovation systems, knowledge bases and policy actions
This paper deals with the evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden. It forges a link between the literatures on cluster development and regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores both conceptually and empirically how cluster evolution is shaped by regional context conditions, including changes in the policy support structure and the knowledge base configuration of the RIS. We use qualitative research methods and descriptive statistic…
Knowledge Base Combinations and Innovation Performance in Swedish Regions
The literature on geography of innovation suggests that innovation outcomes depend on a diversity of knowledge inputs, which can be captured with the differentiated knowledge base approach. While knowledge bases are distinct theoretical categories, existing studies stress that innovation often involves combinations of analytical, synthetic, and symbolic knowledge. It remains unclear, though, which combinations are most conducive to innovation at …
Policy capacities for new regional industrial path development – The case of new media and biogas in southern Sweden
Over the past few years, a growing body of work in economic geography and innovation studies has enhanced our understanding of forms and determinants of regional industrial path development. The importance of policy, however, has received limited attention and accordingly, the role of policy for the emergence and development of new regional industrial growth paths remains largely unexplored. This paper takes an institutional perspective and sugge…
Innovation in Symbolic Industries
This paper deals with geographical and organizational patterns of knowledge flows in the media industry of southern Sweden, an industry that is characterized by a strong “symbolic” knowledge base. The aim is to address the question of the local versus the non-local as the prime arena for knowledge exchange, and to examine the organizational patterns of knowledge sourcing with specific attention paid to the nature of the knowledge sourced. Symboli…
Comparing knowledge bases
This paper deals with knowledge flows and collaboration between firms in the regional innovation system of southern Sweden. The aim is to analyse how the functional and spatial organization of knowledge interdependencies among firms and other actors varies between different types of industries that draw on different types of knowledge bases. We use data from three case studies of firm clusters in the region: (1) the life science cluster represent…
Comparing knowledge bases
This paper deals with knowledge flows and collaboration between firms in the regional innovation system of southern Sweden. The aim is to analyse how the functional and spatial organization of knowledge interdependencies among firms and other actors varies between different types of industries that draw on different types of knowledge bases. We use data from three case studies of firm clusters in the region: (1) the life science cluster represent…
The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development
This paper contributes to the literature on new regional industrial path development by highlighting the multiple roles that demand can play in regional development. We develop a conceptual framework relating different roles of demand to different types of new path development. Based on the literature on regional development, we differentiate between the role of demand as anonymous consumer, sophisticated buyer, active co-developer, public procur…
Knowledge Base Combinations and Innovation Performance in Swedish Regions
The literature on geography of innovation suggests that innovation outcomes depend on a diversity of knowledge inputs, which can be captured with the differentiated knowledge base approach. While knowledge bases are distinct theoretical categories, existing studies stress that innovation often involves combinations of analytical, synthetic, and symbolic knowledge. It remains unclear, though, which combinations are most conducive to innovation at …
The evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden – regional innovation systems, knowledge bases and policy actions
This paper deals with the evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden. It forges a link between the literatures on cluster development and regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores both conceptually and empirically how cluster evolution is shaped by regional context conditions, including changes in the policy support structure and the knowledge base configuration of the RIS. We use qualitative research methods and descriptive statistic…
Policy capacities for new regional industrial path development – The case of new media and biogas in southern Sweden
Over the past few years, a growing body of work in economic geography and innovation studies has enhanced our understanding of forms and determinants of regional industrial path development. The importance of policy, however, has received limited attention and accordingly, the role of policy for the emergence and development of new regional industrial growth paths remains largely unexplored. This paper takes an institutional perspective and sugge…
Innovation in Symbolic Industries
This paper deals with geographical and organizational patterns of knowledge flows in the media industry of southern Sweden, an industry that is characterized by a strong “symbolic” knowledge base. The aim is to address the question of the local versus the non-local as the prime arena for knowledge exchange, and to examine the organizational patterns of knowledge sourcing with specific attention paid to the nature of the knowledge sourced. Symboli…
Comparing knowledge bases
This paper deals with knowledge flows and collaboration between firms in the regional innovation system of southern Sweden. The aim is to analyse how the functional and spatial organization of knowledge interdependencies among firms and other actors varies between different types of industries that draw on different types of knowledge bases. We use data from three case studies of firm clusters in the region: (1) the life science cluster represent…
Policy capacities for new regional industrial path development – The case of new media and biogas in southern Sweden
Over the past few years, a growing body of work in economic geography and innovation studies has enhanced our understanding of forms and determinants of regional industrial path development. The importance of policy, however, has received limited attention and accordingly, the role of policy for the emergence and development of new regional industrial growth paths remains largely unexplored. This paper takes an institutional perspective and sugge…
The evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden – regional innovation systems, knowledge bases and policy actions
This paper deals with the evolution of the ICT cluster in southern Sweden. It forges a link between the literatures on cluster development and regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores both conceptually and empirically how cluster evolution is shaped by regional context conditions, including changes in the policy support structure and the knowledge base configuration of the RIS. We use qualitative research methods and descriptive statistic…
Knowledge Base Combinations and Innovation Performance in Swedish Regions
The literature on geography of innovation suggests that innovation outcomes depend on a diversity of knowledge inputs, which can be captured with the differentiated knowledge base approach. While knowledge bases are distinct theoretical categories, existing studies stress that innovation often involves combinations of analytical, synthetic, and symbolic knowledge. It remains unclear, though, which combinations are most conducive to innovation at …
The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development
This paper contributes to the literature on new regional industrial path development by highlighting the multiple roles that demand can play in regional development. We develop a conceptual framework relating different roles of demand to different types of new path development. Based on the literature on regional development, we differentiate between the role of demand as anonymous consumer, sophisticated buyer, active co-developer, public procur…
When regional meets global
For firms in symbolic (creative) industries, the region is usually seen as the main arena for knowledge sourcing and exchange. Why and how these firms use global innovation networks remains however poorly understood. This paper draws on in-depth interviews with firm representatives and network data collected through a survey of video game developers in southern Sweden. Video game development is a typical example of a symbolic industry, encompassi…
Asset modification for regional industrial restructuring in times of economic crisis
Contributing to the literature on regional industrial restructuring, this article presents findings on how firms modify assets to overcome an economic crisis. Empirically, this article draws on interviews with 33 firms in the oil and gas (O&G) industry in Southern Norway, which experienced a major crisis caused by a fall in global oil prices in 2014–2015. We investigate how the crisis affected the asset base of the local firms, how they modified …
The role of demand in regional industrial path development – examples from the Swedish periphery
This paper deals with the role that demand can play in regional industrial transformation, focusing on new industry formation in peripheral regions. As we argue in this paper, demand can be an important driver for industrial transformation, yet often underscored in the literature on regional development. Demand includes aspects related to general consumption patterns, to co-development between users and producers, to public procurement, or to nor…
Weaving sustainability
The article contributes to the literature on industrial path development through its focus on asset modification for green path development in the Norwegian outdoor textile industry.The authors drew on the concepts of green path development and asset modification to develop a theoretical framework that describes green industrial restructuring as a process by which firms build on various firm-level and system-level assets that are altered through …
Shifting demand conditions and green regional industrial path development
Recent literature on green regional industrial path development discusses knowledge dynamics between actors, the roles of agency, institutions, policy, and regional assets. However, the role of demand remains underexplored, despite its potential influence on sustainability transitions in regions. This paper conceptualises demand as a driver of change within regional innovation systems (RIS), integrating insights from socio-technical transitions i…
Multilevel policy and green regional industrial path development
This paper examines the role of policy at multiple levels in green regional industrial path development. While existing research on green path development generally acknowledges the role of policy, less is known about how different policy levels interact. To address this gap, we develop a conceptual framework informed by global production networks and multilevel governance and explore the different roles that policy can play. We draw on a case st…
Business (10 works) · Geography (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (6 works) · Economic geography (6 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Industrial organization (5 works) · Regional resilience and development (5 works) · Regional science (5 works)