Creating a Classroom Makerspace

Rivas, Luz

doi:10.1177/0013175x14551701

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“…Traditionally, EE is a spatial concentration of firms and associated nonmarket institutions, among which the anchor tenant is usually a large firm, acting as catalyst of the newborn EE that is pivotal in the transformation of the local environment and in spawning new entrepreneurship (Colombelli, Paolucci, and Ughetto 2017). With innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, it thrives, along with the creative process and personal growth, by providing a workshop space, where amateurs and professionals interested in various fields can collaborate on projects (Tweney 2009;Rivas 2014). This institutional system facilitates the production and diffusion of new knowledge and the subsequent commercialization of that knowledge and bridges the gap between them.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Entrepreneurial Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Projectification and Partnering: An Amalgamated Approach for New Venture Creation in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Liu

Fei-rong

Xia

et al. 2019

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

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The creation of a new venture is at the heart of entrepreneurship. Chinese governments at different levels are proactive in promoting the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) and fostering new venture creation (NVC). However, it is still far from clear how governments as focal actors in the EE affect and regulate the process and pattern of NVC. This study borrows from the theory of temporary organization and conducts a comparative case study of two entrepreneurial projects in the Hangzhou Dream Town EE. This study proposes an integrated conceptual framework to illustrate NVC in two dimensions of projectification (the process of NVC) and partnering (a pattern of NVC) and specifies that the main role of local governments is as a sponsor, feeder, and endorser in that order. The three functional roles enable local governments to catalyze the creation of new ventures through projectification and partnering. Our study not only contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship, governance theory, and the theory of temporary organization but also provides an actionable approach for governments to foster new ventures, especially in transition economics such as China.

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Section: Characteristics Of Entrepreneurial Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Projectification and Partnering: An Amalgamated Approach for New Venture Creation in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Liu

Fei-rong

Xia

et al. 2019

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

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“…The physical representation of making, or maker culture, is the makerspace -traditionally a community-operated physical space where people with common interests create DIY projects together, using technology, digital art, science, computers, etc. (Rivas, 2014).…”

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Makerspace in school—Considerations from a large-scale national testbed

Eriksson

Heath

Ljungstrand

et al. 2018

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

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Digital fabrication and making has received a growing interest in formal and informal learning environments. However, many of these initiatives often start from a grassroots perspective, with little coordination on a national level. This paper illustrates and discusses a study from an ongoing large-scale national testbed in Sweden named Makerspace in schools (Makerskola). The project embodies a series of considerations that arise when a maker approach is applied to a geographically widespread national education context. The results of this study are based on an analysis of the extensive project documentation and first-hand experiences from initiating and running a large-scale national testbed in Sweden, involving more than 30 formal actors and more than one thousand active partners in a national educational setting. The main contribution of this paper is the identification and discussion of five different considerations that have emerged during the project, and include Procurement practices, The teacher and leader perspective, Informing national policy making, Creating equal opportunities, and Progression in digital fabrication.

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