Urban entrepreneurialism, metagovernance and ‘space of innovation’: Evidence from buildings for innovative industries in Shenzhen, China

《Urban entrepreneurialism, metagovernance and ‘space of innovation’: Evidence from buildings for innovative industries in Shenzhen, China》

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作者单位: Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

摘要: Supporting innovation is among the priorities for entrepreneurial cities globally. Dominant urban studies examine the developmental process, power dynamics, and political-economic impacts of industrial spaces that foster high-tech development. Scant research unfolds the governance transformation of entrepreneurial cities and illustrates how the entrepreneurial cities transform the governing pattern to guide the governance process for supporting innovation space production. A new spatial policy entitled ‘Building for Innovative Industries’ (BII) has been formed in Shenzhen, China. Based on policy review, data analysis and interviews, this study investigates metagovernance arrangements of the entrepreneurial state. Research finds that the Chinese entrepreneurial city introduces flexible governance over innovation space production by inviting broader actors, increased autonomy of operative agency and contextualised operation.