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- Bro, Anders, et al.
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Business, Design and Factor 10 : Sustainable Development in Creative Industries
- 2011
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In: Local Development and Creative Industries. - Visby : Gotland University. - 9789186343057 ; , s. 125-158
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Hällefors is one of the municipalities in Sweden attempting to break free from the traditional corporate structure. While it has a long history of iron and steel production, technology-based industry is now being supplemented by investment in cultural, culinary and design projects. The aim of this chapter is first to chart the progress of the municipality toward sustainable development and secondly to investigate whether there have been any fundamental changes made to the system. This means that we shall consider the adoption of a path-dependent trend and formative instances in local development processes, with a neo-institutional framework as our theoretical guide. One major discovery is that the term ”sustainable development” crops up constantly in daily dialogue and practical application; it appears in municipal strategic and policy declarations, in both preliminary and comprehensive documents, and in sector-oriented programmes. Yet despite the fact that there is clear evidence of sustainable-development thinking, it has not replaced previous models of local development. Although the concept has become familiar, it is not possible to say whether it has actually contributed to fundamental institutional change on the local level.
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- Christensen, Dorit, et al.
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Introduction
- 2011
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In: Local Development and Creative Industries. - Visby : Gotland University. - 9789186343057 ; , s. 17-32
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Molin, Torkel, 1967-, et al.
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FUP-samverkan för kreativitet och lärande på Gotland
- 2010
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In: Förutsättningar för upplevelseindustri och kreativa näringar på Gotland. - Jönköping : EIDI, Internationella handelshögskolan i Jönköping. - 9789197919302 ; , s. 89-93
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- Pettersson, Conny, et al.
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Interactive Knowledge : Research and PracticeCollaboration for Sustainable Development
- 2011
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In: Local Development and Creative Industries. - Visby : Gotland University. - 9789186343057 ; , s. 225-252
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This chapter discusses the extent to which researchers ought to become involved in local efforts at achieving sustainable development. Local development gives rise to normative reflections on the past, present and future. The question is whether scientists and scholars can or even ought to participate in these deliberations. If so, then a new kind of researcher must emerge, and three possibilities are discussed: distanced, close and interactive, and one in which the relationship between theory and practise need to be revised. The discussion was spawned by the United Nations’ concept of sustainable thinking and the role it gives the researcher. Via a discussion on how the role of the researcher is treated in the scholarly literature, a conclusion in favour of an interactive role results. The chapter offers a model of ”sustainability practise” for how researchers and practitioners can create interactive knowledge together, reinforcing the specific roles of both actors in the process.
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- Pettersson, Conny, et al.
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Is "Development" Necessary to Innovation?
- 2011
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In: Local Development and Creative Industries. - Visby : Gotland University. - 9789186343057 ; , s. 253-293
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Continuous reform has been the rallying cry of the public sector in the past few decades; change in itself as good. The need for innovation is often stressed, with various miracle cures presented as inspiring examples. In this chapter we wonder whether not changing and not surrendering eagerly to full-scale reform might not be the most innovative stance of them all. Via the concept of innovation and a new attitude to institutions and learning, in concert with discussions of the dissemination of ideas and the creation of meaning in local development processes, the present chapter conducts a discussion of four ideal types of attitudes to the future and to external influence in order to counterbalance reformist zeal.
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- Pettersson, Conny, et al.
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Kommunala varumärken som konkurrensmedel : ett tveeggat redskap
- 2010
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In: <em></em>Entreprenörskap i regioners tjänst. - Jönköping : Internationella handelshögskolan. Institutet för upplevelseindustrins utveckling. - 9789197919326 ; , s. 167-192
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Pettersson, Conny
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Local-Global Dynamics in Light of the Structuration Theory
- 2011
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In: Local Development and Creative Industries. - Visby : Gotland University. - 9789186343057 ; , s. 347-390
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- With the ideas of Anthony Giddens in mind, this chapter discusses how local and global levels interact, how actors both influence their surroundings and are influenced by them. Terms including ”structure”, ”institution”, and ”system” capture the environment in which the actor exists. Furthermore, the manner in which actors and abstract phenomenon mutually influence one another in concrete situations – the so-called ”micro-macro dynamic” – is subjected to in-depth treatment. The discussion turns to reflections on structural duality and local-global dynamics, which are applicable to how actors – principally in Swedish municipalities – react to proposals claiming that the key to financial structural renewal lies in the experience economy and cultural heritage.
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