Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia
During a period of regional structural change, the socio-institutional structure and the techno-economic structure are temporarily decoupled due to the relative inertia of the former compared with the rapid changes in the latter. The lag in the coevolution of the socio-institutional and techno-econo...
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| description | During a period of regional structural change, the socio-institutional structure and the techno-economic structure are temporarily decoupled due to the relative inertia of the former compared with the rapid changes in the latter. The lag in the coevolution of the socio-institutional and techno-economic structures generates inefficiencies and instabilities, causing transitional failure. In exploring the rationale for policy intervention, this paper examines the actors that aim to influence socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia. It finds that the private sector, under the informal leadership of the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño, has played the role of institutional entrepreneurs to influence socio-institutional changes. In regions located on the knowledge periphery, in which the socio-institutional structure has not yet fully coevolved with the novel techno-economic structure, policy-makers can induce socio-institutional changes by learning from regions that have already transitioned to the novel techno-economic paradigm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c6d7844598f4183a4e2b7602d002b0c2022-12-21T19:45:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762020-01-0171355110.1080/21681376.2019.17037961703796Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, ColombiaArnault Morisson0Eva Panetti1PAU Department, Mediterranean University of Reggio CalabriaInstitute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies (ISSM), National Research Council (CNR)During a period of regional structural change, the socio-institutional structure and the techno-economic structure are temporarily decoupled due to the relative inertia of the former compared with the rapid changes in the latter. The lag in the coevolution of the socio-institutional and techno-economic structures generates inefficiencies and instabilities, causing transitional failure. In exploring the rationale for policy intervention, this paper examines the actors that aim to influence socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia. It finds that the private sector, under the informal leadership of the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño, has played the role of institutional entrepreneurs to influence socio-institutional changes. In regions located on the knowledge periphery, in which the socio-institutional structure has not yet fully coevolved with the novel techno-economic structure, policy-makers can induce socio-institutional changes by learning from regions that have already transitioned to the novel techno-economic paradigm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1703796institutional entrepreneursinstitutional changetransitionsocial innovationpath development |
| spellingShingle | Arnault Morisson Eva Panetti Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia Regional Studies, Regional Science institutional entrepreneurs institutional change transition social innovation path development |
| title | Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_full | Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_short | Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia |
| title_sort | institutional entrepreneurs and socio institutional changes in medellin colombia |
| topic | institutional entrepreneurs institutional change transition social innovation path development |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1703796 |
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