Image of Stockholm as an IT city
Emerging urban entrepreneurship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23249933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Dobers (0000-0001-6662-0403, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | New Movements in Entrepreneurship (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4337/9781781951200.00023 |
| OpenAlex | W2218515609 |
| ISBN | 9781781951200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The city of Stockholm uses its innovative energy to generate images of itself as an information technology (IT) center.In the 1960s, city management focused on urban planning and administration. By the 1980s and 1990s, however, administrators had turned their attention to actively marketing Stockholm as an IT City and Mobile Valley.The aggressive marketing tactics were partially responsible for the proliferation of cutting-edge IT ventures. The recent history of Stockholm suggests that emerging urban entrepreneurship may be a matter of how urban discourses and imaginary narratives can generate entrepreneurial qualities and initiatives.Knowledge-based entrepreneurship, in other words, is not confined to research communities, entrepreneurial teams, and new companies. Instead, it is situated in the imaginary narratives that a city develops and sustains over time.(SAA)
Economic geography · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2016 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |