Looking for a C-change:

In line with global economic innovation trends, regional development literature and policy documents reflect the importance of network connectivity and clustering; collaborative learning; cooperative relationships through the coordination of complementarities; and community building. Another central concept that permeates and underpins today’s economic development is change. Technological change, constantly expanding knowledge, globalisation, new markets, political pressures, customer preferences, social expectations, and changing beliefs and values typify the nature of our techno-economic climate and combine with other aspects of the environment to cause the turbulence faced by regions and communities. In a fast changing economy where marketplace opportunities present themselves in rapid succession, institutions, networks and regions are encouraged to be open to change to stay fluid in their innovation and strategic planning processes, whereby the focus has shifted from either a “hard ” or “soft ” philosophy to an integrated change theory, whereby internal and external value is achieved through lifelong and reflexive (Mode 2) learning. Thus learning and change are closely intertwined. For individuals