Regional Development in Northern Europe

Mike Danson is Business School Associate Dean of Research and Commercialisation Reader in Economics and Management at the University of the West of ScotlandPeter de Souza is Försteamanuensis at Hedmark University College, Norway.

• Part One: Overview 1. Introduction: Peripherality and Marginality Mike Danson and Peter de Souza Part Two: Theoeretical Underpinnings 2. The Development of the Periphery in the Experience Economy Anne Lorentzen 3. Regionalism and Marginalisation Tassilo Herrschel 4. Re-thinking ‘Peripherality’ in a Knowledge-intensive Service-dominated Economy Mike Crone 5. On the conceptual development of margins and marginalisation Stephen Syrett 6. Dynamics of Peripherality Klaus Lindegaard Part Three: Peripheries and Margins 7. Can Peripheral Regions Innovate? Sara Davies, Rona Michie and Heidi Vironen 8. Proximity and Distributed Innovations Tom Johnstad och Svein Bergum 9. Commercial Counter-urbanisation and the Rural Economy Gary Bosworth 10. Entrepreneurship in the Periphery: Geography and Resources Nikolina Fuduric 11. Transcending Orthodoxy: Multi-house Homes Tor Arnesen 12. Economic and Enterprise Development in Community Buy-outs George Callaghan, Mike Danson and Geoff Whittam 13. Survival on the Farm Tor Arnesen and Erik Mönnes at Rena 14. Gendered Spaces on Trial Gro Marit Grimsrud 15. Who has the last laugh? – further developments on the entrepreneurial politician as an unconventional problem solver Meeri Brandum Granqvist Part Four: Borders and Conclusion 16. Concluding comments and connections with the border theme Peter de Souza and Mike Danson