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100 1  Martin, Hanna 
245 10 Innovation for tackling grand challenges :|bcleantech 
       industry dynamics and regional context /|cHanna Martin 
264    Lund :|bDepartment of Human geography,|c2016 
300    79 s 
500    Härtill 4 uppsatser 
502    Diss. (sammanfattning) Lund : Lunds universitet, 2016 
520 3  Grand challenges such as climate change put focus away 
       from innovations and innovation policy as engines of 
       economic growth towards fulfilling societal goals and 
       sighting sustainable development. The literature on the 
       geography of innovation has provided valuable insights on 
       innovation activities of firms and industries and how they
       are positively influenced by co-location. In particular, 
       short geographical distances have been found to facilitate
       trust, knowledge exchange and interactive learning 
       processes that favour innovation. Innovation activities 
       that address grand challenges have however gained 
       surprisingly little attention in the discipline. This PhD 
       thesis addresses this shortcoming and studies how and why 
       change processes of industries towards more 
       environmentally friendly modes in regions occur  or not 
       occur. In other words, it engages in the question how such
       industry dynamics are enabled and/or constrained by 
       regional context conditions. Consequently, it also puts 
       central focus on the role, respectively possibilities and 
       limitations of regional innovation policy to support 
       desirable transformation processes. Its theoretical 
       objective is to make a step towards a more coherent 
       conceptual framework in the literature on economic 
       geography regarding how to tackle grand challenges.   The 
       dissertation takes a regional innovation system 
       perspective which is complemented by insights from the 
       literature on socio-technical transitions.    The 
       development of a bio-based economy which draws on 
       renewable resources from biomass possesses a key role in 
       addressing grand challenges. Empirically, the dissertation
       studies industries in three different Swedish regions and 
       their undertaking to increasingly, respectively more 
       efficiently use biomass as raw material.     The research 
       design is informed by a critical realist perspective and 
       draws largely on qualitative research methods.     This 
       PhD thesis spans four articles that are published in or 
       submitted to peer-reviewed journals. The articles are 
       preceded by an introductory chapter which provides the 
       overall theoretical background and framing, the research 
       design and central findings of the dissertation 
650  0 Regional planning 
650  0 Industries 
650  0 Technological innovations 
650  0 Sustainable development 
650  0 Economic geography 
650  7 Ekonomisk geografi|2sao 
650  7 Regional utveckling|2sao 
650  7 Tekniska innovationer|2sao 
650  7 Hållbar utveckling|2sao 
650  7 Industri|2sao 
650  7 innovation|2agrovoc 
650  7 regional development|2agrovoc 
650  7 sustainable development|2agrovoc 
650  7 environmental protection|2agrovoc 
650  7 technology|2agrovoc 
650  7 industry|2agrovoc 
650  7 sweden|2agrovoc 
651  4 Sverige 
710 2  Lunds universitet.|bInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och 
       ekonomisk geografi|4pbl 
776 0  |iÄven utgiven elektroniskt:|tInnovation for tackling 
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856 40 |uhttps://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8be9a08f-f47d-4472-8eba-
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910 20 |6710|aDepartment of social and economic geography, 
       University of Lund|uLunds universitet.|bInstitutionen för 
       kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi 
910 20 |6710|aInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk 
       geografi, Lunds universitet|uLunds universitet.
       |bInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi 
910 20 |6710|aUniversity of Lund.|bDepartment of Human Geography
       |uLunds universitet.|bInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och
       ekonomisk geografi 
910 20 |6710|iEngelska:|aUniversity of Lund.|bDepartment of 
       Social and Economic Geography|wi|uLunds universitet.
       |bInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi 
910 20 |6710|aINES|uLunds universitet.|bInstitutionen för 
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       |uLunds universitet.|bInstitutionen för kulturgeografi och
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