‘Institutional thickness’ and industrial governance in Lowland Scotland
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Summary This paper draws on the ‘institutional thickness’ framework of Amin and Thrift to examine some recent policy responses to globalization within the Lowland Scotland regional economy. Although shown to be institutionally well endowed vis‐à‐vis the governance of economic development, Lowland Scotland suffers a shortfall in the networks, inter‐institutional synergy and ‘corporatization of economic life’ that are regarded as necessary to engender a diffused entrepreneurship, characteristic of more illustrious growth regions in mainland Europe.Keywords
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