Ditte H\u00e5konsson Lyngemark defends her thesis,<\/p>\n
FIRMS, LABOUR AND REGIONS<\/strong> – Spatial variation and locational dynamics<\/p>\n Supervisor:<\/strong> Assessment committee:<\/strong> Abstract:<\/strong> The thesis is available for inspection at the PhD administration office at Rolighedsvej 23, Frederiksberg<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ditte H\u00e5konsson Lyngemark defends her thesis, FIRMS, LABOUR AND REGIONS – Spatial variation and locational dynamics Supervisor: Associate Professor H\u00f8gni Kals\u00f8 Hansen, IGN Assessment committee: Professor Rikard Eriksson, Ume\u00e5 University \u2013 Sweden Associate Professor Josephine Rekers, Lund University \u2013 Sweden Professor Lars Winther (chair), IGN Abstract: This thesis examines the influence of firms’ location\u00a0 patterns\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":100458,"template":"","class_list":["post-100457","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_category-phd-thesis-defense"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAssociate Professor H\u00f8gni Kals\u00f8 Hansen, IGN<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Rikard Eriksson, Ume\u00e5 University \u2013 Sweden
\nAssociate Professor Josephine Rekers, Lund University \u2013 Sweden
\nProfessor Lars Winther (chair), IGN<\/p>\n
\nThis thesis examines the influence of firms’ location\u00a0 patterns\u00a0 on\u00a0 regional\u00a0 industry and labour structures in Denmark. The thesis consists of four papers, focusing on different aspects of firm location and labour geography. All four papers are concerned with uneven development , but the\u00a0 scope\u00a0 of\u00a0 each\u00a0 paper\u00a0 reflects\u00a0 different\u00a0 analytical and\u00a0 spatial\u00a0 perspectives.
\nThe thesis focuses on firms, labour and regions, themes addressed in the introduction. The evolutionary approach to economic geography, which is the foundation for understanding and interpreting regional development in this thesis, sees the current distribution of economic activity in a given region as an outcome of path-dependent, historical processes and of institutional structures. This can be linked to firms and labour, while economic development is formed by the existing practices and competences of firms and labour in a region. These agents shape the ability of a region to develop new activities and innovations, which is crucial for it to become conpetitive and prosper economically.
\nThe thesis studies how firms’ location patterns influence regional industry and labour structures. The thesis does this by studying questions concerning i) migration dynamics after a workplace closure, ii) how\u00a0 the\u00a0 location\u00a0 and occupational composition of workplaces within firms have changed , iii) how the characteristics of specific micro-locations\u00a0 attract\u00a0 foreign\u00a0 and\u00a0 domestic\u00a0 firms differently, and iv) how geographical proximity to\u00a0 sources\u00a0 of\u00a0 foreign\u00a0 direct investment\u00a0 influences the productivity\u00a0 of domestic firms.
\nDue to the variations in analytical scope and focus, it is harder\u00a0 to derive a single main conclusion from the four papers . However, the general implications of the research are that both firms and labour are key agents in regional economic development. Furthermore, it is important to analyse the spatial variation and locational dynamics of firms, labour and industrial structures when examining regional development trajectories.<\/p>\n