Tech Nation UK?: 'placing' the local geographies of path creation in the digital sector

英国科技国家？：将本地路径创建“放置”在数字领域

• 批准号: 1953706
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1953706
• 关键词: Tech; Nation; UK; placing; local

"In the aftermath of the economic crisis in 2008, digital technology was one of several strategic sectors targeted by the UK government to help stimulate growth and recovery. Whilst initial attention concentrated on supporting the rapid growth and international profile of the so-called 'Tech City' cluster in London, the policy focus has since shifted to supporting path creation in the digital sector in beyond London. Against this backdrop, this research seeks to develop a deeper and more critical understanding of the nature of local path creation in this new, more geographically extensive and varied landscape of growth in the digital sector. Moving beyond conventional cluster-based analyses of the digital sector, this research connects to the burgeoning field of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) to examine the dynamics of path creation. The project develops a relatively novel approach in exploring the dynamic interplay between four sets of path creation factors: regional assets; key organisational and economic actors; mechanisms; multiscalar institutional contexts. Comparative research will be undertaken in three localities set within contrasting policy and governance contexts - Newcastle, Manchester and Dundee - to better understand enabling or constraining environments which mediate path creation and outcomes.The research is a collaborative project developed with Tech North, a government-funded organisation who have a longstanding concern with the development of the digital technology industry in the North of England and Scotland."

“在2008年经济危机之后，数字技术是英国政府旨在帮助刺激增长和复苏的几个战略部门之一。虽然最初的注意力集中在支持伦敦所谓的“科技城”集群的快速增长和国际形象上，但政策重点已转移到支持伦敦以外数字部门的路径创建上。在此背景下，本研究旨在对数字领域这一新的、地理范围更广、变化更大的增长格局中的本地路径创建的性质有更深入、更批判性的理解。超越传统的基于集群的数字部门分析，这项研究连接到新兴的进化经济地理学（EEG）领域，以研究路径创建的动态。该项目开发了一种相对新颖的方法，探索四套路径创建因素之间的动态相互作用：区域资产;关键的组织和经济行为体;机制;多尺度制度背景。比较研究将在三个地方进行设置在对比政策和治理环境-纽卡斯尔，曼彻斯特和邓迪-以更好地了解促进路径创建和结果的有利或限制环境。该研究是与Tech North开发的合作项目，政府─长期关注英格兰北部和苏格兰数字技术产业发展的资助组织。"