Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership
通过德国四个边缘地区的比较案例研究（92次访谈和两个跨区域焦点小组），分析了地方领导者如何塑造叙事以影响人们对区域机会空间的认知，并提出了一个多阶段分析框架。
This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives surrounding regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to examine how place leaders engage in shaping narratives to influence the perception of opportunity spaces. The empirical research is based on a comparative case study of four peripheral regions in Germany, comprising 92 interviews with regional stakeholders and two cross-regional focus groups. The findings emphasise the central role of place leadership in shaping the perception of regional opportunity spaces, illustrate the various pathways of changing dominant narratives (e.g., endogenous or exogenous) and provide a multiple-phase framework for their analysis.