Institutions and Sectoral Logics in Creative Industries: The Media Cluster in Cologne

Birgit Apitzsch and Geny Piotti
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Birgit Apitzsch: University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 65, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
Geny Piotti: Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Environment and Planning A, 2012, vol. 44, issue 4, 921-936

Abstract: Institutional actors at the regional or local level increasingly see the development of the creative industry sector as a means of improving local competitiveness. However, research on relations between institutions and local development barely considers the interaction between policies and a sectoral logic of work organization and labor-market functioning. On the basis of qualitative research on the locally clustered media sector in Cologne, Germany, we argue that a sectoral logic which relies strongly on the use of networks can hinder or ‘convert’, the course of policies aimed at improving the skill supply, and thereby produce unintended effects.

Keywords: local and regional economic development; institutional change; sectoral logic; training; networks; media industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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