ABSTRACT

This paper explores how local communities in formerly industrialized places make sense of industrial decline and how the historical experience of industrialism has influenced the subsequent development of local entrepreneurship cultures. Based on a study with entrepreneurs and policymakers in Doncaster, a post-industrial English town in South Yorkshire, the paper demonstrates how legacies of the past persist through local informal institutions and permeate local perceptions of place and opportunity, stymieing the development of an entrepreneurship culture in the locality. Drawing on Cresswell’s three-dimensional framework of place, the paper shows how place meanings can lag significantly behind material transformation and slow the adoption of new practices. The study reflects on these challenges and discusses the policy implications.

摘要

本文探讨了以前工业化地区的当地社区如何理解工业衰退，以及工业主义的历史经验如何影响了当地企业家文化的后续发展。根据对南约克郡后工业化英国小镇唐卡斯特的企业家和政策制定者的一项研究，该论文展示了过去的遗产如何通过当地的非正式机构持续存在并渗透到当地对地方和机会的看法，从而阻碍了企业家文化的发展在当地。本文利用克雷斯韦尔（Cresswell）的三维场所框架，显示了场所意义如何大大滞后于物质转化并减缓了新实践的采用。该研究反映了这些挑战并讨论了政策含义。