Contrasts in Clustering: The Example of Canadian New Media

Britton, John N. H.; Tremblay, Diane‐Gabrielle; Smith, Richard

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“…It does not appear to automatically have an influence on a sector or a firm's capacity to be creative or innovative. On the contrary, the relational dimension of proximity, that is, access to information networks and personal interactions in a given context, is key factors when a firm or an individual decides to create or innovate [31,32]. In other words, although the fact of physically cohabiting with other firms is apparently of less importance than what was originally thought, it can have an influence on a firm's capacity to create or innovate if it also translates into relational proximity.…”

Section: Technocreative Clusters and Technologic Districts As A Modelmentioning

confidence: 98%

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22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness

Battaglia

Tremblay

2011

Urban Studies Research

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This paper analyzes the governance strategy of the 22@ District in Barcelona in order to assess the factors that explain its success and could support the economic reconversion of Montreal's future Innovation District (ID), as well as that of other cities. We examine the case of the 22@ District as a former industrial neighbourhood seen as a "model" of urban regeneration and economic revitalization. Our assumption is that the world's major cities are going through a phase based on the reorganization of central urban areas. Our article evaluates the main factors of urban regeneration in the 22@-district of innovation and it identifies elements of best practices in terms of governance which can be constructive for the "Quartier de l'Innovation" in Montreal and similar projects of other cities. The paper highlights the role of decision makers concerning the process of governance of 22@ and its historic changes, and insists on the the role of socioeconomic actors and territorial factors that could support the level of integration and implementation of Montreal@ID. Our paper highlights the importance of the integration process based on socioterritorial innovations characterizing the Catalan context of 22@ as well as the Innovation District, something useful for other similar initiatives.

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Section: Technocreative Clusters and Technologic Districts As A Modelmentioning

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“…(i) The Multimedia City (Cité du Multimédia) which includes 70 small and medium innovative firms, specialized in the multimedia and NTIC environments (with 6.000 creative workers) [4,5,31].…”

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22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness

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Tremblay

2011

Urban Studies Research

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“…See Julien 2005;Holbrook and Wolfe 2002;National Research Council 1998;Padmore and Gibson 1998;and Wolfe, Davis, and Lucas 2005. 4. See Britton, Tremblay, and Smith 2009;Britton and Légaré 2004;Smith, McCarthy, and Petrusevich 2004;Tremblay, Chevrier, and Rousseau 2004; also, more generally, on other clusters, see Gertler and Wolfe, 2005. 5. See Piore and Sabel 1989;Becattini 1991;Benko and Lipietz 1992;Courlet 1994;and Brusco 1994. 6.…”

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“…It is in this context that efforts have been made since 2004 to try to develop a cluster strategy in this sector and ensure this creative industry's future. The birth and development of the multimedia cluster in Montreal as well as Vancouver and Toronto has been well documented (Britton et al 2009), so we wanted to look into the development of another creative sector not as strongly supported by the provincial government 1 ; we chose the film and audiovisual production cluster to investigate the birth of a creative cluster and identify its challenges and difficulties, as well as the sources of success for the development of a creative cluster.…”

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The Film and Audiovisual Production in Montreal: Challenges of Relational Proximity for the Development of a Creative Cluster

Tremblay

Cecilli

2009

The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society

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“…With the increasing digitalization of the value chain, entry barriers to the animation industry are lowering, enabling everyone with a personal computer to participate (Eliashberg, et al, 2006). Internet and animation production technologies overlap (Britton, et al 2009). Producing animated shorts is considered a point of entry for small studios that might later attract a growing audience.…”

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Under the radar: Industry entry by user entrepreneurs

2010

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link ABSTRACTWe inductively develop a model of the commercialization process for new products or services user entrepreneurs undertake when entering an industry while drawing on proprietary technology developed in another industry. Extending the growing field of user entrepreneurship, we identify a two-phase approach to industry entry by user entrepreneurs who start "under the radar" of incumbent firms, gain experience, attract a first potential customer base, and then, in a second phase, engage in commercialization. During this process, a community of fellow users is of major importance for the entrepreneur, serving as a knowledge pool for skills development and experimentation with different commercialization paths. We study a nascent group of firms founded by users of video games who became entrepreneurs on entering the animation industry by producing Machinima, a new film genre characterized by shooting film in video games. We explain how user entrepreneurs gain access to complementary assets (video games) for their new use (shooting film), how they deal with intellectual property issues when using other firms' assets, and how user entrepreneurs combine domain knowledge about film production with their experience in video games and the art of Machinima. Our propositions hold implications for management and policy.

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Contrasts in Clustering: The Example of Canadian New Media

Cited by 15 publications

References 18 publications

22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness

22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness

The Film and Audiovisual Production in Montreal: Challenges of Relational Proximity for the Development of a Creative Cluster

Under the radar: Industry entry by user entrepreneurs

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