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Jörg Meyer-Stamer
Jörg Meyer-Stamer was born on 30 October 1958 in Germany as Jörg Meyer. He changed his surname to Meyer-Stamer during his adulthood. He passed away on the 1st of May, 2009, after a short struggle with cancer.
Education
He completed a masters degree (Diplom-Politologue) in Political Science at the University of Hamburg between 1979-1986. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Career
He started his career in 1987 with the Hamburg University Computer Science Department as a research officer studying the impact of office automation systems on white-collar workers.
In 1988 he joined the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE/GDI) in Berlin as a fellow [1]. He worked on industrial competitiveness, technological change, and private sector development. He had several research projects focused on Latin America. During this time he co-developed the framework of Systemic Competitiveness with Klaus Esser, Wolfgang Hillebrand and Dirk Messner [2]. Following his death, the German Development Institute described Jörg as one of Germanys most creative and productive development researchers[3].
In 1998, he joined the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) at the University of Duisburg [4]. He led a project to assess and evaluate the overall performance of structural policy in North Rhine-Westphalia. During this time, he represented Germany on the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD).
In 2003, he was a founding partner of the consultancy firm Mesopartner[5].
In memory of Jorg's interest to work with researchers from developing countries, Mesopartner launched the Jörg Meyer-Stamer-Scholarship together with several of the academic peers that he worked with over his career [6].
Work
Systemic Competitiveness
Together with Klaus Esser, Wolfgang Hillebrand, and Dirk Messner, Jörg Meyer-Stamer developed the concept of “systemic competitiveness”. The DIE-GDI described the concept of Systemic Competitiveness as having a key impact on the discussion, both in Germany and internationally, on strategies suited to integrating developing countries into the world economy.
Local Economic Development
Jörg was a strong proponent of Local Economic Development.
Books
Esser, K., Hillebrand, W., Messner, D. and Meyer-Stamer, J. 1996. Systemic Competitiveness. New Patterns for Industrial Development. London: Frank Cass.
Giordano, P., Lazafame, F. and Meyer-Stamer, J. 2005. Asymmetries In Regional Integration and Local Development. Washington, D.C: Inter-American Development Bank.
Book Chapters
Meyer-Stamer, J. 2004. Paradoxes and ironies of locational policy in the new global economy. In Local enterprises in the global economy. Issues of governance and upgrading. Schmitz, H. (Ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp: 326-368.
Meyer-Stamer, J. 2005. Local Economic Development: What Makes It Difficult; What Makes It Work. In Asymmetries In Regional Integration and Local Development. Giordano, P., Lazafame, F. and Meyer-Stamer, J. (Eds.), Washington, D.C: Inter-American Development Bank.
Haar, J. and Meyer-Stamer, J. 2008. Small firms, global markets: challenges in the new economy. In Small firms, global markets: challenges in the new economy. Haar, J. and Meyer-Stamer, J. (Eds.), New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Meyer-Stamer, J. 2008. Systemic competitiveness and Local Economic Development. In Bodhanya, S.Large Scale Systemic Change: Theories, Modelling and Practices.
Other publications
Meyer-Stamer, J. 1998. Path dependence in regional development: persistence and change in three industrial clusters in Santa Catarina, Brazil. World Development, Vol. 268 pp. 1495-1511.
Meyer-Stamer, J. and Wältring, F. 2000. Behind the Myth of Mittelstand Economy. The Institutional Environment Supporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany. INEF-Report 46/2000: INEF [7]
Meyer-Stamer, J., Maggi, C. and Giese, M. 2004. Die Strukturkrise der Strukturpolitik : Tendenzen der Mesopolitik in Nordrhein-Westfalen. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Cunningham, S. and Meyer-Stamer, J. 2005. Planning or doing local economic development? Problems with the orthodox approach to LED. Africa Insight, 35(1). [8]
Meyer-Stamer, J. 2009. Modern industrial policy or postmodern industrial policy. Duisburg: Mesopartner and Freidrich Ebert Foundation.
A list of his academic papers and books can be found on Researchgate [9].
A list of his working papers and concepts notes are available for free on the Mesopartner website [10]
- ^ https://www.die-gdi.de
- ^ https://www.die-gdi.de/buchveroeffentlichungen/article/systemic-competitiveness-new-governance-patterns-for-industrial-development/
- ^ https://www.die-gdi.de/en/press/press-releases/2009/griefs-for-joerg-meyer-stamer/
- ^ https://www.uni-due.de/inef/index_en.php
- ^ www.mesopartner.com
- ^ https://www.mesopartner.com/home/about-us/joerg-meyer-stamer-scholarship
- ^ http://www.meso-nrw.de/toolkit/Downloads/SME-Promotion%20in%20Germany%20neu.doc
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265199651_Planning_or_Doing_Local_Economic_Development_The_Problems_with_the_Orthodox_Approach_to_LED
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/26263523_Joerg_Meyer-Stamer
- ^ www.mesopartner.com