Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities

Friday, June 24, 2016

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10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH06-1
Subnational Economic Governance and Institutional Experimentation
Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities


Participants:
Localising the Global: Regions, Multinationals and Experimentation
Phil Almond, De Montfort University
Entrepreneurship in Spain and the Role of Policy. Decentralization and Coordination As Policy Challenges
Begona Cueto, University of Oviedo; Maria C. Gonzalez, University of Oviedo
Experimental Industrial Policy: Regions, Actors and Their Institutions in Search of Self Narratives
Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Matthieu Pelard, Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work & Canada Research Chair in Globalization and the Work World; Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Tod Rutherford, Maxwell School
Spatial and Industry Association Effects on Climate Change Action and Denial
David Peetz, Griffith University; Georgina Murray, Griffith University

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH06-2
Skill Ecosystems, Multinationals and Regional Development Strategies
Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities


Participants:
MNCs and Skills Policy Networks: Endogenising Labour Market Skills
Olga Tregaskis, University of East Anglia
Steps to an Ecology of Recursive Multipolar Learning in Multinationals
Peer Hull Kristensen, Copenhagen Business School
Knowledge and Skill Development in Mauritius: New Political Economic Discourses and Institutional Blockages.
Blandine Emilien, CRIMT-HEC Montreal
Aerospace MNC Training and Development in Australia
Cassandra Bowkett, Cardiff University

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH06-3
Linking Production and Social Reproduction: Institutional Design for Socially Cohesive Economies
Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities


Participants:
Where Are the Workers and Their Households? States, Markets and Labour in Regions
Peter Fairbrother, RMIT University
Constructing Chains of Enablers for Alternative Economic Futures: Denmark As an Example
Peer Hull Kristensen, Copenhagen Business School
Social Entrepreneurship and Civic Ties in the Economy of Compassion
Laura Hanson Schlachter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Youth Employment Policy Experimentation in Spain
Maria C. Gonzalez, University of Oviedo; Aroa Tejero, University of Oviedo
The Role of Actors and Subnational Dynamics in Shaping Patterns of Variable Pay in Belgian Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven; Marie Van den broeck, Université catholique de Louvain

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH06-4
Institutions and Actors for Cluster and Sector Strategies: Building New Narratives and Capabilities
Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities

Discussants: Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney; Jorger H. Carrillo, COLEF; Benichi Hicham, Université Grenoble-Alpes; Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol; Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven

Participants:
Analysing the Labour Challenges of Securing Food Production in Australian Horticulture
Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney; Diane van den Broek, University of Sydney; Joanna Howe, University of Adelaide; Alexander Reilly, University of Adelaide
Guanajuato, the New Hub for the Automotive Industry in Mexico: The Rol of the Industrial Policy
Adriana Martinez, UNAM; Jorge H. Carrillo, COLEF
Contractualization of Territorial Social Dialogue in Competitiveness Clusters: Lessons from a Institutional Experimentation in Rhônes-Alpes.
Benichi Hicham, Université Grenoble-Alpes
All the Evidence the European Commission Needs to Divide-and-Conquer? Impact Assessments and EU Ports Policy Making
Peter Turnbull, University of Bristol; Richard Thomas, Cardiff Business School

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


TH06-5
Rewriting Union Scripts and Repertoires in Industries and Regions?
Institutional Experimentation and Subnational Economic Governance: Building New Narratives and Capabilities

Discussants: Christian Lévesque, CRIMT - Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work; Amanda Coles, University of Melbourne; Stefano Gasparri, University of Warwick; Mathieu Dupuis, Université de Montréal

Participants:
Institutional Changes in the Montréal Aerospace Cluster:
Christian Lévesque, HEC, Montreal; Marc-Antonin Hennebert, HEC Montreal; Lucie Morissette, HEC Montréal
Rewriting the Script: The Relationship Between Labour, Capital and the State in Regional Futures
Amanda Coles, University of Melbourne
Sub-National Governance of Industrial Relations and the Chances of Union Revitalization. Evidence from Italian Shopping Malls.
Stefano Gasparri, University of Warwick
MNC Restructuring, Local Trade Union Strategies and Institutional Embeddedness: A Comparative Analysis of France and Canada
Mathieu Dupuis, Cornell University