Institutional work, regional key actors, and green industrial restructuring

Bibliographic Data

ID21363791
AuthorsArnt Fløysand (0009-0009-8910-8600, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Svein Gunnar Sjøtun (0000-0002-4921-9949, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Stig-Erik Jakobsen (0000-0002-1692-6970, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Rune Njøs (0000-0002-6370-5126, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Helge Lea Tvedt (Health and Social Sciences, NORCE, Stavanger, Norway), Martin Gjelsvik (0000-0001-9463-4001, University of Stavanger Business School, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway), Jarle Aarstad (0000-0002-6650-6667, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Year2022
Volume76
Issue1
Pages14-28
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0029-1951 • E-ISSN: 1502-5292
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00291951.2022.2040586
OpenAlexW4214824705
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited50

Departing from evolutionary economic geography, the objective of the article is to reveal the dynamics of institutional work by regional key actors with a need to achieve green restructuring in regions dependent on the oil and gas industry. The authors combine quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate how, why, and when regional stakeholders’ institutional work contributes, or not, to changing institutional logics that enable green industrial restructuring in the regional innovation systems of two adjacent petroleum-dominated regions in Norway. The main finding is that despite shared positive visions in both regions for green industrial restructuring, the processes of institutional work and related institutional logics respectively legitimize a green shift in Hordaland and delegitimize it in Rogaland. Consequently, there is a need to remain mindful of institutional work’s connection to regional and often taken-for-granted institutional logics. In conclusion, the authors argue that the findings challenge the current IW discourse within economic geography, which has tended to explain green regional industrial restructuring as outcomes of intended agency leading to successful outcomes

Agency (philosophy) · Business · Economic system · Economics · Political science · Restructuring · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Work (physics) · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Regional resilience and development · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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