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Supporting open, shared and collaborative workspaces and hubs: recent transformations and policy implications

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  • Vasilis Avdikos
  • Janet Merkel

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Shared workspaces and hubs for independent workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered crucial intermediaries in facilitating entrepreneurial growth and local innovation agendas. However, so far policy-makers do little to address two transformations in recent shared workspace development: the growing commercialization and diversification of shared workspaces and the spread of coworking beyond big agglomerations towards medium-sized and smaller cities and even rural areas. The paper argues for new policy principles that acknowledge the social values as much as the economic values that shared workspaces generate and promote.

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  • Vasilis Avdikos & Janet Merkel, 2020. "Supporting open, shared and collaborative workspaces and hubs: recent transformations and policy implications," Urban Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 348-357, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rurpxx:v:13:y:2020:i:3:p:348-357
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2019.1674501
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    1. Fang Zhao & Catherine Prentice & Joseph Wallis & Arvind Patel & Marie-France Waxin, 2020. "An integrative study of the implications of the rise of coworking spaces in smart cities," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(2), pages 467-486, December.
    2. Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent, 2021. "What Do We Know about Co-Working Spaces? Trends and Challenges Ahead," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-30, January.
    3. Vasilis Avdikos & Antigoni Papageorgiou, 2021. "Public support for collaborative workspaces: Dispersed help to a place-based phenomenon?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(7-8), pages 669-682, November.
    4. Ian Merrell & Frances Rowe & Paul Cowie & Menelaos Gkartzios, 2021. "‘Honey pot’ rural enterprise hubs as micro-clusters: Exploring their role in creativity-led rural development," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(7-8), pages 589-605, November.
    5. Ian Merrell & Anita Füzi & Emma Russell & Gary Bosworth, 2021. "How rural coworking hubs can facilitate well-being through the satisfaction of key psychological needs," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(7-8), pages 606-626, November.
    6. Irene Manzini Ceinar & Ilaria Mariotti, 2021. "Teleworking In Post-Pandemic Times:May Local Coworking Spaces Be The Future Trend?," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 15(1), pages 52-76, JUNE.
    7. Veronica Testolini & Lenore Thompson & Cristina Lemorini, 2023. "Archaeological Science and Experimental Archaeology Can Inform Sustainable Innovative Craft," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-13, October.
    8. Nina Thornton & Martin Engert & Andreas Hein & Helmut Krcmar, 2023. "Finding new purpose for vacancies in rural areas: a taxonomy of coworking space business models," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 1395-1423, September.
    9. Carolina Pacchi & Nicola Francesco Dotti & Mariachiara Barzotto, 2022. "New working spaces: Policy perspectives before and after the covid-19 pandemic," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/371915, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    10. Domenico Berdicchia & Fulvio Fortezza & Giovanni Masino, 2023. "The key to happiness in collaborative workplaces. Evidence from coworking spaces," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 1213-1242, May.

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