Knowledge Workers across ‘ Varieties of Capitalism ’ : evidence from Sweden and the UK
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Research on the knowledge economy has in recent years focused upon the interplay between place, individuals and creativity. National differences of how capitalism is organised can be drawn into this discussion, but are seldom tested systematically. By investigating data from the UK as a Liberal Market Economy and Sweden as a Coordinated M arket Economy, we develop and test 8 hypotheses to analyse the role of ‘varieties of capitalism’ in the context of location dynamics of creative knowledge workers. Based on these results we discuss the robustness of the VoC approach as a valid taxonomy of differing political economies and by implication the differing economic geographies of the creative class. Creative Class; Varieties of Capitalism; Regional Development; Knowledge Economy J24 O18 P51 R1
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