Is There a Way for Old Industrial Districts to Become Attractive for Cultural Industry? The Case of Media Businesses in Halle (Saale), Germany

Martin T. W. Rosenfeld and Christoph Hornych

No 15/2008, IWH Discussion Papers from Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Abstract: Policy makers from many regions where old industrial structures in the field of manufacturing have collapsed are trying to stimulate entrepreneurial activities of businesses in the cultural industry. The question is whether this strategy could be successful. This article examines the strategy of supporting the sector of Media Industry (´MI´) by policy makers in the region of Halle in East Germany, where a strong deindustrialization has taken place after the German reunification. Stimulated by the policy makers' support measures, there actually was a remarkable development of MI. However, the number of MI firms and their employees did not further increase in recent years, after having reached a certain level. This illustrates the limits of political measures for turning a city's path of industrial development voluntarily.

Keywords: Media industry; Cultural industry; Business development; Urban development; Location factors; Medienwirtschaft; Kulturwirtschaft; Wirtschaftsförderung; Stadtentwicklung; Standortfaktoren (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L82 R38 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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