Industrial development in thin regions: trapped in path extension?
研究组织薄弱区域为何比核心区域更难实现路径更新和路径创造，通过挪威一个薄弱边缘区域的案例，指出这类区域常需外部投资才能避免陷入路径延伸的困境。
Recent theorizing of path dependence supplements the traditional view of regional path-dependent industrial development characterized by lock-in effects with paths dealing with change, that is, path renewal and path creation. Few studies, however, examine why different types of regions experience diverse path-dependent development. This article examines why organizationally thin regions are much less likely to achieve path renewal and path creation than core regions. By use of a case study of industrial development in an organizationally thin and rather peripheral region in Norway the article contends that thin regions often need external investments to avoid being trapped in path extension.