Gherhes, C., Vorley, T., Vallance, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-7105 et al. (1 more author) (2022) The role of system-building agency in regional path creation: insights from the emergence of artificial intelligence in Montreal. Regional Studies, 56 (4). pp. 563-578. ISSN 0034-3404
Abstract
The emergence of new industries that are not closely related to existing regional paths remains an underexplained process in evolutionary economic geography. This paper responds to this gap through a case study of a maturing ecosystem of activity related to artificial intelligence in Montreal, Canada. Conceptually it brings together recent thinking in economic geography about agency in path development with complementary concepts from the literature on technological innovation systems. The empirical findings demonstrate the role of multiple agents in system-building and legitimation activities that have varied across pre-formative and formative phases of new path development in this analytical knowledge field.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | technological innovation systems; emerging industry; artificial intelligence; system-building; path creation; legitimation; agency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2021 16:04 |
Last Modified: | 26 May 2022 11:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00343404.2021.1886273 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172180 |