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To facilitate the development of political economy everywhere, in areas such as heterodox & interdisciplinary, especially those explicitly pluralist oriented
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Breaking out of old paths? Towards a research agenda on path decline

Michaela Trippl, Maximilian Benner and Jannik Kastrup

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Breaking out of old paths? Towards a research agenda on path decline
Abstract. The climate crisis confronts carbon-intensive industries with profound decarbonisation challenges, which may lead to reductions in production, jo
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November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Policy #reform should renew, not just replicate.
My new @cjres.bsky.social paper with Han Wang uncovers that reforms lead to sharp rises in new #firm registrations, with the biggest gains accruing in #cities with weaker starting conditions.
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Institutional reform, path development and firm creation: evidence from China
Abstract. This paper examines whether and how government-led institutional changes can reshape regional industrial development trajectories. Using quarterl
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November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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#Europe’s prosperity hinges less on shiny sectors than on building on its #skills & potential base.
As Tessarin, @ronboschma.bsky.social, @lideyu.bsky.social & Petralia show in @cjres.bsky.social, #regions thrive when dense, high-skill ecosystems reinforce themselves.
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Regional development traps in Europe: a study of occupational trajectories of regions
Abstract. This paper presents an evolutionary perspective on regional development traps that centres around the structural inability of regions to develop
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November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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🔥 New issue online. The November issue "Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development" is now published online!
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Maryann Feldman, @michaelkitson.bsky.social, Johan P Larsson, Peter Tyler and @elvirauyarra.bsky.social
Volume 18 Issue 3 | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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TODAY, 17 Nov, Cambridge Realist Workshop. Yannick Slade-Caffarel & Steve Pratten -'Social Positioning Theory and the Corporation'. www.csog.econ.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge Social Ontology |
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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TODAY, 12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef. @stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Wednesday, 12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef.
@stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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12 Nov- 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities' with Adam Yousef. @stcatharines.bsky.social Political Economy Seminars politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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TONIGHT, 22 Oct- 'The demolition of British Regional Policy' with Steve Fothergill @stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge
Political Economy Seminar: politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🔥 Read Mariana @mazzucatom.bsky.social Mazzucato's excellent commentary for the upcoming CJRES issue on Mission-oriented policy...

Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
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Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
The debate on industrial policy in economics has shifted from whether or not governments should pursue it to how they should do so. Today, the question is
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October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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TONIGHT, 20 Oct, the Cambridge Realist Workshop with Tony Lawson on 'What is wrong with modern economics? And what should we do about it?'
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October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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22 Oct- 'The demolition of British Regional Policy' with Steve Fothergill @stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge Political Economy Seminar: politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk
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October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy
Iris Wanzenböck
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Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy
Mission-oriented innovation policy has re-emerged as an active form of state intervention in research and innovation. Inspired by the work of Marianna Mazz
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September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Chun Yang and Rui Hu
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Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Abstract. This paper explores the under-researched actors in Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP) research, specifically the transformative roles of m
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September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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It features a lot of fascinating content and commentaries from Iris Wanzenböck and Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The November issue of CJRES will be on the theme of Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development
This issue has been edited by Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra

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Advance articles | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
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September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Back after convivial lunch at the @regstud.bsky.social Northern Branch event, in celebration of the RSA’s 60th anniversary year. Panel 3: the role of universities and FE as anchor institutions
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan
Fumi Kitagawa
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Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan
Abstract. To better understand place-based impacts of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP), this article analyses the evolution of different types of
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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New content for the Mission-oriented Policy Special Issue:

Enhancing environmental sustainability: the impact of mission-oriented innovation policies on green innovation and patent trends

Felix Kurz

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Enhancing environmental sustainability: the impact of mission-oriented innovation policies on green innovation and patent trends
Abstract. This study explores the link between mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs) and green innovation by analysing green patent trends in Europe
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September 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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@stcatharines.bsky.social Cambridge Political Economy Seminars coming up this term:
22 Oct: Prof Steve Fothergill - 'The demolition of British Regional Policy'
12 Nov: Adam Yousef - 'The political economy of regional planning: challenges and opportunities”
26 Nov: Dr Melissa Sands - 'Talk Title tbc'
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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New post: The real fiscal concern should be a populist government
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The idea that the UK under the current government might have to get a loan from the IMF is nonsense. But it is legitimate to ask why our interest rates on debt are relatively high.
The real fiscal concern should be a populist government
Scare stories about UK fiscal policy seem a regular occurrence nowadays. The latest is the idea that the UK might have to go to the IMF f...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Check out the content on our Advance Access pages for our upcoming issue: Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development
Edited by: Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra
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Advance articles | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
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September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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State-owned enterprises as drivers for regional missions in the Global South: insights from INVAP in Patagonia and Agrogenética Riojana in Northwest Argentina
Manuel Gonzalo, Leila Mucarsel, Gabriela Starobinsky and Gastón Burlot
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State-owned enterprises as drivers for regional missions in the Global South: insights from INVAP in Patagonia and Agrogenética Riojana in Northwest Argentina
Abstract. This article addresses the lack of empirical evidence on the implementation of mission-oriented policies (MOPs) at the regional level by presenti
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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First-mover alliance: mission-oriented innovation policy implementation in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economy
Wangwang Zhou and Jian D Zhang
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First-mover alliance: mission-oriented innovation policy implementation in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economy
Abstract. This article explores the implementation of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP) in China and examines how the vice-provincial Shenzhen deli
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM