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

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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)

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.

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  • Birgit Apitzsch & Geny Piotti, 2012. "Institutions and Sectoral Logics in Creative Industries: The Media Cluster in Cologne," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(4), pages 921-936, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:44:y:2012:i:4:p:921-936
    DOI: 10.1068/a44285
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