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Opportunities and risks of localised industrial policy: the case of “maker-entrepreneurial ecosystems” in the USA

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  • Greg Schrock
  • Laura Wolf-Powers

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Efforts in US cities to support the emergence of the “maker economy” could take urban-level industrial policy in a new direction. Optimistic projections about the potential of the maker economy for urban manufacturing revitalisation, however, downplay an enduring tension in local economic development between efforts to build endogenous capabilities and pressures to facilitate property value growth. Exploring maker industrial policy efforts in New York City and Portland, Oregon, we argue that local government actors often struggle to build network capacity and curb opportunism. District-based models hold promise, but the real estate-driven model of local development poses a persistent challenge.

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  • Greg Schrock & Laura Wolf-Powers, 2019. "Opportunities and risks of localised industrial policy: the case of “maker-entrepreneurial ecosystems” in the USA," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 12(3), pages 369-384.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:12:y:2019:i:3:p:369-384.
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    1. Declan Martin & Carl Grodach, 2023. "RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION IN GENTRIFYING URBAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS: The Experience of Cultural Manufacturers in San Francisco and Melbourne," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 625-644, July.
    2. Marta Gancarczyk & Marta Najda-Janoszka & Jacek Gancarczyk & Robert Hassink, 2021. "Exploring Regional Innovation Policies and Regional Industrial Transformation from a Co-Evolutionary Perspective: The Case of Małopolska, Poland," PEGIS geo-disc-2021_03, Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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    5. Sharon Zukin, 2021. "Planetary Silicon Valley: Deconstructing New York’s innovation complex," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(1), pages 3-35, January.
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    8. Tara Vinodrai & Brenton Nader & Christian Zavarella, 2021. "Manufacturing space for inclusive innovation? A study of makerspaces in southern Ontario," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(3), pages 205-223, May.

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