Local responses to global technological change. Contrasting restructuring practices in two rural communities in Austria
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In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 80, No. 2, 02.2013, p. 243-252.
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T1 - Local responses to global technological change.
T2 - Contrasting restructuring practices in two rural communities in Austria
AU - Fink, Matthias
AU - Lang, Richard
AU - Harms, Rainer
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - In this article, we investigate into local economic restructuring in rural areas that are affected by disruptive technologies. Drawing on an institutionalist framework we apply systematic theory-informed case study analysis of two rural communities in Austria and identify practices that are crucial for a sustainable development of local communities and find that disruptive technologies have to be accompanied by social innovations in the affected communities which consider the capacities and the needs of the local community and establish vertical linkages to policies on the regional and national level. We contribute to the theoretical discussion by presenting a feasible framework for contextual analysis of economic restructuring. Further, we show how this institutionalist perspective can generate insights that support entrepreneurs and policy makers in designing strategies and policies to handle disruptive technologies in rural areas.
AB - In this article, we investigate into local economic restructuring in rural areas that are affected by disruptive technologies. Drawing on an institutionalist framework we apply systematic theory-informed case study analysis of two rural communities in Austria and identify practices that are crucial for a sustainable development of local communities and find that disruptive technologies have to be accompanied by social innovations in the affected communities which consider the capacities and the needs of the local community and establish vertical linkages to policies on the regional and national level. We contribute to the theoretical discussion by presenting a feasible framework for contextual analysis of economic restructuring. Further, we show how this institutionalist perspective can generate insights that support entrepreneurs and policy makers in designing strategies and policies to handle disruptive technologies in rural areas.
KW - Management studies
KW - Institutional analysis
KW - local development
KW - restructuring
KW - social innovation
KW - Theory informed case studies
KW - Disruptive technologies
KW - Entrepreneurship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871931559&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.10.001
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 80
SP - 243
EP - 252
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
SN - 1873-5509
IS - 2
ER -