Research on the Sustainable Development of Enterprises That Evoke Industrial Heritage—A Case Study of Taoxichuan

Zebo Ni, Taohua Ouyang and Jianxiong Xu ()
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Zebo Ni: School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Taohua Ouyang: School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Jianxiong Xu: School of Management and Economics, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen 333002, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This paper takes Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative Street as a case study. It explores how enterprises activate the value of “industrial heritage” resources and achieve sustainable development from the perspective of affordance theory. Research findings indicated that: (1) the creation of a culturally recognized context performs a vital role in activating the industrial heritage; (2) the evocation of industrial heritage resources is a dynamic process from the realization of fundamental values to the actualization of high-level values; and (3) the evoked industrial heritage resources can achieve sustainable corporate development. Additionally, the research findings provide reference for enterprises to realize high-level values of industrial heritage resources by creating contexts to transform them into sources of innovation in the post-pandemic era.

Keywords: industrial heritage; affordance theory; sustainable development; enterprise management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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