TY - GEN
AU - Suwala, Lech
TI - Concepts of Space, Refiguration of Spaces, and Comparative Research: Perspectives from Economic Geography and Regional Economics
KW - Globalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten
KW - Internationalisierung von Unternehmen
KW - Raumkonzepte
KW - Refiguration von Räumen
KW - Regionalökonomie
KW - Wirtschaftsgeografie
KW - comparative research
KW - concepts of space
KW - economic geography
KW - globale Handelsverflechtungen
KW - internationalization of companies
KW - refiguration of spaces
KW - regional economics
KW - räumliche Analyse
KW - sociology of space
KW - spatial analysis
KW - topical space
KW - topischer Raum
KW - vergleichende Forschung
KW - world trade interdependencies
PY - 2021
N2 - Veröffentlichungsversion
N2 - begutachtet (peer reviewed)
N2 - In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research ; 22 (2021) 3
N2 - Following the concept of refiguration of spaces proposed by KNOBLAUCH and LÖW (2017), in this article I emphasize interfaces for theory building, methods, and comparative research from an economic geography and regional economics perspective. Since the refiguration of spaces offers an abstract frame capable of grasping spatial relations of any order and across various scales, I will discuss the utilization of concepts of space in both subdisciplines by employing a textbook analysis. Moreover, I will include two examples of current economic phenomena where refiguration takes place. Namely, I will analyze the internationalization of companies and world trade interdependencies according to concepts of space, their implication on methods, and comparative research. In my findings, I show that the abstract frame of refiguration of spaces unlocks great potential if applied consistently. Economic geography has a great deal to offer for the micro-foundation in the refiguration of spaces, working with qualitative methods and forward-thinking concepts of space (e.g., relational or topical points of view for comparison). Regional economics allows for progress concerning the macro-foundation in the refiguration of spaces through the increased availability of regional or big data and advanced quantitative methods (e.g., manifold indexes capturing refiguration).
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