Toward a reconceptualization of regional development paths: Is Leipzig's media cluster a continuation of or a rupture with the past?

From: Economic Geography | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract: This article develops a model of regional development that is then used to examine the evolution of two media industries in Leipzig, Germany. We note that the city's current media cluster, centered on television/film production and interactive digital media, shares little in common with the city's once-premier book publishing media cluster. Treating interactive learning as the primary causal mechanism that drives economic growth and change, our conceptual framework incorporates both sectoral/technological and political crises as mechanisms that rupture regional development paths. ...

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