ABSTRACT
As a result of the global financial crisis from 2008, there has been a renewed focus on the factors underpinning the resilience of regions (Simmie & Martin 2010) to withstand economic and technological shocks of both the acute and chronic variety. This has inspired many regions to revisit the structure and drivers that typify and invigorate them, in an effort to better understand, anticipate and influence their most important dynamics (Davies 2011; Fingelton, Garretsen & Martin 2012). This includes a clearer idea of who the actors were, how they relate to one another and how these elements add up to a whole.
