Quality and regional competitiveness

被引:15
作者
Jansson, Johan [1 ]
Waxell, Anders [1 ]
机构
[1] Uppsala Univ, Ctr Res Innovat & Ind Dynam CIND, Dept Social & Econ Geog, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
来源
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE | 2011年 / 43卷 / 09期
关键词
ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; SPECIALITY FOOD; KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; CLUSTERS; INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; PRODUCTS; CONTEXT; BRANDS;
D O I
10.1068/a4469
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Recent literature on competitiveness has focused on innovation and industrial dynamics. In this paper it is argued that innovation is not enough when competing on global markets, at least in certain types of industries where performance, standards, and perceptions of the product are at the forefront. In addition to existing theory, we focus on the role of 'quality' in creating and sustaining regional competitive advantage. A theoretical framework for identifying and analyzing processes creating and recreating understandings, perceptions, and experiences of quality, that is, a quality promise, is presented. In the framework, the quality process is divided into three dimensions, labelled perlimnance, projection, and protection. Regional competitiveness is arguably achieved when: (a) a good or a service is well represented in one or more of the quality dimensions; (b) quality perception and knowledge permeate all actors and their activities and are inherent throughout the value chain; and (c) space is an integral part of these processes in that it facilitates (i) localized learning/localization economies, and (ii) place-based branding. It is argued that 'quality' should be viewed as deeply embedded in space and that quality processes have both homogeneous and heterogeneous characteristics.
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页码:2237 / 2252
页数:16
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