<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article aims to show how local industry life cycles impact the development of Finnish resource-based rural towns. This study reveals five long-term and overlapping industry cycles which were based on natural resources, assembly industries and service production. In general, the cycles have shortened over time. Transitions from cycle to cycle were enabled by the phases of resilience, which were highly dependent on political and economic processes at different scales. However, the political interventions of the last decades were unable to compensate for the disadvantages in competitiveness of this remote area and lay sustainable foundations for new industries. In the long run, the only exception has been the forest-related processing industry which has a capacity to renew its own operations and adapt to changing market situations. The results demonstrate the high significance of absolute advantage in rural development</p></abstract>

The article aims to show how local industry life cycles impact the development of Finnish resource-based rural towns. This study reveals five long-term and overlapping industry cycles which were based on natural resources, assembly industries and service production. In general, the cycles have shortened over time. Transitions from cycle to cycle were enabled by the phases of resilience, which were highly dependent on political and economic processes at different scales. However, the political interventions of the last decades were unable to compensate for the disadvantages in competitiveness of this remote area and lay sustainable foundations for new industries. In the long run, the only exception has been the forest-related processing industry which has a capacity to renew its own operations and adapt to changing market situations. The results demonstrate the high significance of absolute advantage in rural development

Industry life cycles of a resource town in Finland – the case of Lieksa

Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland

Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland

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The article aims to show how local industry life cycles impact the development of Finnish resource-based rural towns. This study reveals five long-term and...

Industry life cycles of a resource town in Finland – the case of Lieksa

Published Online: Apr 07, 2015

Page range: 16 - 41

Received: Nov 21, 2014

Accepted: Feb 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2015-0002

Keywords
industry life cycles, resource dependence, local resilience, employment, regional policy, forested areas, Finland

© by Maija Halonen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Industry life cycles of a resource town in Finland – the case of Lieksa

Published Online: Apr 07, 2015

Page range: 16 - 41

Received: Nov 21, 2014

Accepted: Feb 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2015-0002

Keywordsindustry life cycles, resource dependence, local resilience, employment, regional policy, forested areas, Finland

© by Maija Halonen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
industry life cycles, resource dependence, local resilience, employment, regional policy, forested areas, Finland