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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Danny MacKinnonORCiD, Professor Asbjorn Karlsen, Professor Stuart Dawley
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This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. It investigates how the legitimacy of emerging industries is built up over time and examines differences in legitimation across space. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, actors and assets. Based on a cross-national study of the offshore wind industry, the paper argues that cost reduction and value creation have made important contributions to legitimation in addition to climate change and energy security.
Author(s): MacKinnon D, Karlsen A, Dawley S, Steen M, Afewerki S, Kenzhegaliyeva A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Regional Studies
Year: 2022
Volume: 56
Issue: 4
Pages: 644-655
Online publication date: 13/01/2021
Acceptance date: 01/11/2020
Date deposited: 25/01/2021
ISSN (print): 0034-3404
ISSN (electronic): 1360-0591
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1861239
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1861239
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