The chapter introduces trans-cultural comparisons of narrative. The comparison is based on close ... more The chapter introduces trans-cultural comparisons of narrative. The comparison is based on close readings of four Australian Aboriginal narratives for their portrayal of the body, place and identit ...
This report is based on NVWN – the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network, a two-year Nordic research pro... more This report is based on NVWN – the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network, a two-year Nordic research project and network combining academics, practitioners, and entrepreneurs running from March 2010 to February 2012. The project investigated the opportunities and challenges that the emerging 3D immersive Internet and virtual worlds pose for entrepreneurship and innovation. During the two years, the project produced several reports on topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of the virtual worlds and these can be found on our project website: http://nordicworlds.net/project-findings/. Appendix 3 also provides more information on these reports.
Worldwide governments and regional authorities have begun to take seriously the idea that cultura... more Worldwide governments and regional authorities have begun to take seriously the idea that cultural and creative activities are crucial areas of economic activity. Industries such as music, film, media, advertising, gaming and design are seen to be increasingly worthy of not just cultural policy but also industrial policy support. This report deals with the creative industries from an industrial and economic perspective: taking our point of departure in research on industrial competitiveness and transformation (business strategy, institutional and evolutionary economics etc.) in general, and modern research in economic geography in particular. We outline a series of policy recommendations and concrete measures that aim to help the creative industries further develop. In particular, the report concentrates on how policies implemented and coordinated at a Nordic level have great potential to improve the competitiveness of the creative industries. Policy recommendations are presented that address five distinct but interrelated areas: 1) Knowledge and innovation in the creative industries; 2) Cooperation and collaboration between creative industries firms; 3) Connecting creative industries firms with other industries; 4) Helping Nordic creative industries reach the market; and 5) Encouraging and investing in entrepreneurship. Topic/NICe Focus Area: Creative Industries (CI) ISSN: Language: English Pages: 40
In this article, we seek to contribute to cultural-economic geography debates on the social const... more In this article, we seek to contribute to cultural-economic geography debates on the social construction of economic value. We widen the focus on already well-studied associations between branded commodities and other entities representing nonmonetary values by also considering what we refer to as ‘dissociations’. Dissociation denotes practices of weakening or obscuring negative links between a branded commodity and other entities in order to let the desired associations overrule undesired ones. We highlight the strategic agency behind such dissociations and thus focus on actors’ proactive relational work to prevent negative associations from becoming salient as well as their reactive practices of managing reputational crises. The article situates the study of dissociations in human geography and pays particular attention to the geographies of dissociation along territorial, relational, and topological lines.
Summary. This article explores a prominent cluster in the Swedish capital Stockholm and its surro... more Summary. This article explores a prominent cluster in the Swedish capital Stockholm and its surrounding region: the ICT (information and communications technology) cluster. In particular, the article focuses on the issue of the extent to which labour market and labour ...
Fashioning a global city: global city brand channels in the fashion and design industries, Region... more Fashioning a global city: global city brand channels in the fashion and design industries, Regional Studies. This paper approaches the ways in which fashion and design-based industrial actors contribute to creating images and myths that support global-city status. It is suggested that multi-channel systems of brand building and differentiation exist at regional and local levels, supportive of, and constituted by, cultural industries. The Italian city of Milan is used as a case study to show how the city is an arena where different brand channels are negotiated and formed to service fashion and design branding. For cultural industries, these systems are vital regional sources of advantage and necessary complements to other localized phenomena such as industrial agglomerations and clusters.
ABSTRACT Power D. A response to Scott, Regional Studies. This paper deals with two main issues. F... more ABSTRACT Power D. A response to Scott, Regional Studies. This paper deals with two main issues. First, it addresses the issue of how we tackle the status of the creative city discourse and how we should understand and react to policy in third-wave cities. Second, it discusses the issue of where we see the lines of stratification and division between people and workers in third-wave cities. This paper responds to some of the suggestions contained in the article by Allen J. Scott in this issue.
The editors of PiHG would like to thank all the referees who provide such invaluable and essentia... more The editors of PiHG would like to thank all the referees who provide such invaluable and essential comments on papers submitted to the journal. The largely invisible work of referees is vital to the maintenance of the high standard of PiHG and the editorial board is only too well aware of the time and commitment involved. Thank you!
This paper addresses the role of quality, difference and differentiation in the value both produc... more This paper addresses the role of quality, difference and differentiation in the value both producers and consumers attach to products and firms. It is argued that analysis of urban and regional competitiveness needs to be complemented by a renewed focus on the vital role that quality plays in competitiveness as well as an understanding of geographies of product difference and differentiation. Debates on economic development and resilience need to focus on innovation but also on how through making and providing quality goods and services – that may be based on the latest technologies or equally on age-old craft traditions – firms secure and develop competitive strengths. But since quality is always a value co-constructed in a negotiation between the consumer and producer, processes of identification and differentiation are formative. A case study of two developments in winter sport equipment is used to exemplify an industry in which quality is both an entry condition as well as a maj...
The chapter introduces trans-cultural comparisons of narrative. The comparison is based on close ... more The chapter introduces trans-cultural comparisons of narrative. The comparison is based on close readings of four Australian Aboriginal narratives for their portrayal of the body, place and identit ...
This report is based on NVWN – the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network, a two-year Nordic research pro... more This report is based on NVWN – the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network, a two-year Nordic research project and network combining academics, practitioners, and entrepreneurs running from March 2010 to February 2012. The project investigated the opportunities and challenges that the emerging 3D immersive Internet and virtual worlds pose for entrepreneurship and innovation. During the two years, the project produced several reports on topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of the virtual worlds and these can be found on our project website: http://nordicworlds.net/project-findings/. Appendix 3 also provides more information on these reports.
Worldwide governments and regional authorities have begun to take seriously the idea that cultura... more Worldwide governments and regional authorities have begun to take seriously the idea that cultural and creative activities are crucial areas of economic activity. Industries such as music, film, media, advertising, gaming and design are seen to be increasingly worthy of not just cultural policy but also industrial policy support. This report deals with the creative industries from an industrial and economic perspective: taking our point of departure in research on industrial competitiveness and transformation (business strategy, institutional and evolutionary economics etc.) in general, and modern research in economic geography in particular. We outline a series of policy recommendations and concrete measures that aim to help the creative industries further develop. In particular, the report concentrates on how policies implemented and coordinated at a Nordic level have great potential to improve the competitiveness of the creative industries. Policy recommendations are presented that address five distinct but interrelated areas: 1) Knowledge and innovation in the creative industries; 2) Cooperation and collaboration between creative industries firms; 3) Connecting creative industries firms with other industries; 4) Helping Nordic creative industries reach the market; and 5) Encouraging and investing in entrepreneurship. Topic/NICe Focus Area: Creative Industries (CI) ISSN: Language: English Pages: 40
In this article, we seek to contribute to cultural-economic geography debates on the social const... more In this article, we seek to contribute to cultural-economic geography debates on the social construction of economic value. We widen the focus on already well-studied associations between branded commodities and other entities representing nonmonetary values by also considering what we refer to as ‘dissociations’. Dissociation denotes practices of weakening or obscuring negative links between a branded commodity and other entities in order to let the desired associations overrule undesired ones. We highlight the strategic agency behind such dissociations and thus focus on actors’ proactive relational work to prevent negative associations from becoming salient as well as their reactive practices of managing reputational crises. The article situates the study of dissociations in human geography and pays particular attention to the geographies of dissociation along territorial, relational, and topological lines.
Summary. This article explores a prominent cluster in the Swedish capital Stockholm and its surro... more Summary. This article explores a prominent cluster in the Swedish capital Stockholm and its surrounding region: the ICT (information and communications technology) cluster. In particular, the article focuses on the issue of the extent to which labour market and labour ...
Fashioning a global city: global city brand channels in the fashion and design industries, Region... more Fashioning a global city: global city brand channels in the fashion and design industries, Regional Studies. This paper approaches the ways in which fashion and design-based industrial actors contribute to creating images and myths that support global-city status. It is suggested that multi-channel systems of brand building and differentiation exist at regional and local levels, supportive of, and constituted by, cultural industries. The Italian city of Milan is used as a case study to show how the city is an arena where different brand channels are negotiated and formed to service fashion and design branding. For cultural industries, these systems are vital regional sources of advantage and necessary complements to other localized phenomena such as industrial agglomerations and clusters.
ABSTRACT Power D. A response to Scott, Regional Studies. This paper deals with two main issues. F... more ABSTRACT Power D. A response to Scott, Regional Studies. This paper deals with two main issues. First, it addresses the issue of how we tackle the status of the creative city discourse and how we should understand and react to policy in third-wave cities. Second, it discusses the issue of where we see the lines of stratification and division between people and workers in third-wave cities. This paper responds to some of the suggestions contained in the article by Allen J. Scott in this issue.
The editors of PiHG would like to thank all the referees who provide such invaluable and essentia... more The editors of PiHG would like to thank all the referees who provide such invaluable and essential comments on papers submitted to the journal. The largely invisible work of referees is vital to the maintenance of the high standard of PiHG and the editorial board is only too well aware of the time and commitment involved. Thank you!
This paper addresses the role of quality, difference and differentiation in the value both produc... more This paper addresses the role of quality, difference and differentiation in the value both producers and consumers attach to products and firms. It is argued that analysis of urban and regional competitiveness needs to be complemented by a renewed focus on the vital role that quality plays in competitiveness as well as an understanding of geographies of product difference and differentiation. Debates on economic development and resilience need to focus on innovation but also on how through making and providing quality goods and services – that may be based on the latest technologies or equally on age-old craft traditions – firms secure and develop competitive strengths. But since quality is always a value co-constructed in a negotiation between the consumer and producer, processes of identification and differentiation are formative. A case study of two developments in winter sport equipment is used to exemplify an industry in which quality is both an entry condition as well as a maj...
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