Changing Economic Geography of Companies and Regions in Times of Risk, Uncertainty, and Crisis

Thomas Neise is an Interim Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the Heidelberg University in Germany. His research focuses on the adaptation and resilience strategies of companies to extreme weather events, climate change, and crises. Another research interest lies on risks in global production networks. He also studies the role of foreign direct investment for regional development in Southeast Asia.Philip Verfürth is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography, Osnabrück University. He has been a visiting scholar at Ankara University and the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space in Erkner, Germany. His research interests include the spatial dynamics of globalization, with a focus on global production networks, the geographies of digital transformation, and the intersection of firm resilience and regional development.Martin Franz holds the Chair for Human Geography with an emphasis on Economic Geography at Osnabrück University. After studying geography in Bochum, Martin Franz worked at the Center for Interdisciplinary Ruhr Research (ZEFIR) in Bochum and the Departments of Geography at the Philipps-University of Marburg and the University of Bayreuth.

• 1 Introduction: Changing Economic Geographies inTimes of Risk, Uncertainty, and CrisisTHOMAS NEISE, MARTIN FRANZ, AND PHILIP VERFÜRTHSECTION AConceptual Discussions of Uncertainties, Risks, and Criseswithin Economic Geography2 Contemporary Perspectives on Uncertainties, Risks, and Crises in Economic GeographyPHILIP VERFÜRTH, THOMAS NEISE, PHILIP VÖLLERS, FELIX BÜCKEN, AND MARTIN FRANZ3 Advancing Regional Economic Resilience Theorizing by Integrating Global Value Chain ResilienceFRANK JICHA, ROBERT HASSINK, AND HAN CHU4 Jenga Capitalism and the Cyber-Energy-Production Plexus: New Forms of Risk and Uncertainty That Are Reshaping Economic GeographyJOHN R. BRYSON5 Regional Economic Resilience, Uncertainty, and Fictional ExpectationsPIETER TERHORST AND HILAL ERKUŞSECTION B Economic Transition and Resilience of Companies and Regions6 Learning from the COVID-19 Crisis – How can Business Development and City Marketing Agencies Support the Restaurant and Bar Industry?MARTIN FRANZ, THOMAS NEISE, PHILIP VERFÜRTH, AND PHILIP VÖLLERS7 Towards a Green Transformation Based on Eco-Innovations of Enterprises in Old Industrial Areas: The Case of Silesia ProvinceMICHAŁ MĘCZYŃSKI AND PRZEMYSŁAW CIESIÓŁKASECTION CUncertainties and Risks in the Global Economy8 Risk Narratives and Reconfiguration of Global Production Networks – The Case of the German Medical Technology IndustryTHOMAS NEISE9 Barriers and Risks in Digitalization and Industry 4.0 Process: Evidence from Carpet Industry in Gaziantep, TurkeyNURI YAVAN, CEYDA KURTAR ANLI, AND MEHMET RAGIP KALELIOĞLU 10 Risk Perception of Foreign Businesses in the Face of Local Contextual ConditionsPIOTR PACHURA