Place-making in publishing: Dutch trade book publishers and the meaning of place in establishing reputation and trust

Heebels, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.11.012

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“…The most important element of creative clusters is the mix of mixes [52]: The intersection of the morphological diversity, socio-economic diversity (services associated with bohemians, rich gentrifiers, and local communities with lower social status) and functional diversity (housing, consumer services, culture, amenities). As suggested above, bars, cafes, restaurants or public spaces, which can be collectively referred to as "third places" [68], play a key role in obtaining formal or informal contacts and dissemination of knowledge [69]. The interaction of physical, social and functional structures in the sense of certain dual reflexivity can form "creative fields" [55] that accelerate the creation of knowledge and innovation.…”

Section: Spatial Distribution Of Kibs At Intra-urban Level: Theoreticmentioning

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Spatial Patterns of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Cities of Various Sizes, Morphologies and Economies

2020

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We compare intra-urban localization patterns of advertising and IT companies in three large Czech cities. The main aim of our analysis is an empirically-based contribution to the question to what extent do knowledge bases affect the spatial distribution of various knowledge-intensive business industries. The central research question is: To what extent is the localization of these two industries influenced by different modes of innovation/knowledge bases (symbolic vs. synthetic) and to what extent by contextual factors, such as urban size, morphology, position in the urban hierarchy and economic profile of the given city. We found that the urban contexts shape the localization patterns of advertising and IT companies more than differences in knowledge bases-both industries cluster primarily in the inner cities and urban cores. Formation of more suburban IT "scientific neighborhoods" is limited. significantly to the economic transformation of formerly industrial cities (considering IT, Brno is now the most specialized city in Czechia and Ostrava is the third) [13][14][15].Advertising is a representative of KIBS with a purely symbolic knowledge base. These companies should require tight geographical proximity to their customers, suppliers or rivals [16,17], and cluster in urban cores and dense inner cities, close to the headquarters of large corporations and public institutions. By contrast, services with a predominantly synthetic knowledge base (such as IT) rely primarily on knowledge sourcing and innovation collaboration with partners inside value chains, which are not necessarily local [18,19]. IT companies should, thus, exhibit more dispersed spatial patterns (However, Zook [20] documented clustering of internet companies in the inner city, close to the financial institutions, Spencer [12] also noted this possible location pattern), although they may cluster at the neighborhood level as well [12].Méndez-Ortega and Arauzo-Carod [21] stated that " . . . in addition to industry-specific characteristics that determine some external requirements by these firms (such as accessibility to skilled labour or specialized IT suppliers), there are some city-specific characteristics (e.g., urban policies, spatial distribution of economic activity) that also matter, and which shape the location decisions taken by these firms." We aim to analyze exactly these city-specific characteristics and their effects on the spatial distribution of firms. Our central research question is: To what extent are localization patterns of selected KIBS influenced by their distinct modes of innovation (knowledge bases) and to what extent by the city-specific characteristics?Funding: This research wJan Žas funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports through a research grant "SMART technologies to improve the quality of life in cities and regions" (no.

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Section: Spatial Distribution Of Kibs At Intra-urban Level: Theoreticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial Patterns of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Cities of Various Sizes, Morphologies and Economies

2020

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“…As Aspers (2010: 203) argues, 'there are no standards to predict whether the product will sell in the market; only the market can tell'. This claims that building a reputation in the market becomes the prerequisite condition of creative industry development (Heebels, 2013;Pratt, 2006), while a 'winner-takes-all' principle (Frank and Cook, 1995) is characteristic of the creative industry market. Moreover, the reputation-building process of creative industries is geographically associated with city image.…”

Section: Rethinking the Knowledge Creation Geography Of Creative Industriesmentioning

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“…The spatial proximities of inter-firm interactions generate a public reputation effect that allows creative industries to access local and international clients (Glu¨ckler, 2007). Although clustering facilitates the transfer of creative producers' reputations (Currid and Williams, 2009;Heebels, 2013), creative industries rely on agencyclient interactions as the organizational routine of symbolic knowledge creation (Sunley et al, 2008). Second, the social embeddedness of creative industries is the entrepreneurial routine for cultivating a 'networked reputation' (Glu¨ckler and Armbru¨ster, 2003).…”

Section: Rethinking the Knowledge Creation Geography Of Creative Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From a spatial perspective, creative industries do not merely rely on the spatial clustering and the social embeddedness of project networks to build their reputation in a local setting (Drake, 2003;Heebels, 2013;Kong, 2009); they also attend trans-local trade fairs (Bathelt and Schuldt, 2008;Jansson and Power, 2010;Maskell et al, 2006) and international competitions to advance their reputation (Anand and Watson, 2004). These spatial strategies reveal that the reputation-building process of creative industries is dynamically shaped by socio-economic interactions and the co-presence of creative firms in different spatial-temporal settings (Anand and Watson, 2004;Moeran and Pedersen, 2011).…”

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The reputation-building process and spatial strategies of creative industries: A case study of product design firms in Taipei

Lin

2016

Environ Plan A

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Extant research has increasingly recognized that local reputation determines creative firms’ competitiveness. However, current research over-emphasizes that the spatial cluster facilitates the innovation dynamic of creative industries rather than investigating whether the trans-local dynamic of trade fairs and competitions underpins the reputation-building process of local creative industries. This paper contributes to exploring the reputation-building process and spatial strategy of creative industries through a case study of product design firms in Taipei. Drawing on a qualitative methodology, this paper analyses 35 in-depth interviews with product design company executives, concluding that the spatial strategy of product design firms situated in the Taipei city context must acknowledge local strategic advantage and increasingly build a reputation through connections to trans-local design fairs and competitions. Meanwhile, the reputation-building process reflects that product design firms must capture and negotiate symbolic value through a strategic co-presence in local, regional, and global temporary event spaces. Finally, the process and strategies imply that the design industry needs a new form of intervention in latecomer cities to respond to the uneven development of the global design economy.

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“…A key role for localization is played by the urbanization economies, like e.g. workforce availability, or eventually the dense built environment, and in particular the existence and accessibility of "meeting places" for informal interaction, and image (reputation) of the locality (Heebels 2013). On the contrary, the printing "focuses on the transference of contents to a certain medium such as paper, metal, plastic" (Boix 2013, p. 66).…”

Section: Creative Industries In Intra-urban Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Intra-urban patterns of creative industries in polycentric city

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The principal objective of this paper is to evaluate the spatial patterns of creative industries in a micro-geographic perspective. As the creative industries represent a highly heterogeneous complex, only selected creative industries were studied (culture, marketing and advertising, printing, publishing, architecture). The polycentric industrial city of Ostrava was chosen as the surveyed area. Various spatial statistical methods (e.g. nearest neighbour analysis, kernel density estimation) were applied for the needs of assessment. The results show that spatial patterns of creative industries at intra-urban level do not vary significantly from their counterparts in Western Europe. Despite the fact that Ostrava is highly industrialized polycentric city with relatively weak position of the city centre, creative industries are highly concentrated into the historical city centre and the inner city.

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Place-making in publishing: Dutch trade book publishers and the meaning of place in establishing reputation and trust

Cited by 4 publications

References 59 publications

Spatial Patterns of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Cities of Various Sizes, Morphologies and Economies

Spatial Patterns of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Cities of Various Sizes, Morphologies and Economies

The reputation-building process and spatial strategies of creative industries: A case study of product design firms in Taipei

Intra-urban patterns of creative industries in polycentric city

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