《Creating a makerspace in a characteristic town: The case of Dream Town in Hangzhou》

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作者
Wanxia Zhao;Yonghua Zou
来源
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.114,P.102399
语言
英文
关键字
Makerspace;Characteristic town;Innovation space;Innovation system;Urban development
作者单位
School of Political Science and Public Administration, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China;School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;School of Political Science and Public Administration, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China;School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
摘要
The innovation system of a makerspace needs to be studied from the scalable perspective. Based on an analytical framework, this research examines the endogenous and regional factors that have shaped the innovation system of Dream Town, a government-cultivated makerspace in a characteristic town of Hangzhou, China. Employed a qualitative method, this research finds that Dream Town's innovation system has been co-driven by the endogenous factors (i.e., innovation place, institution and policy, capital supports, and entrepreneurial service system) and the regional factors (i.e., human resources, university and research institutes, industrial structure, and entrepreneurial culture). This research advances our understanding of the factors behind innovation and the ways in which those factors interact to create makerspaces in the Chinese context.