Research on clusters highlights that some areas display superior conditions to locally nurture concentrations of businesses. But why do certain industries—despite ascribing their origin to specific locations—emerge away from their birthplace? We respond by qualitatively investigating the influence that the town of Arco, Italy, and its periodic event ‘RockMaster’ exerted on the emergence of the global sport climbing industry. We advance the concept of ‘catalyzing places’ that support the emergence and growth of industries through an ongoing, cyclical process of three forces—centripetal (i.e., attracting), catalyzing (i.e., reacting), and centrifugal (i.e., ejecting). The forces attract communities of practice to the place, expose them to intense, transformational experiences towards entrepreneurship, and ultimately induce them to establish their businesses elsewhere. By redeploying the resources and reputation acquired in the place, these scattered communities enact a collective phenomenon of user entrepreneurship, and ultimately industry emergence. We claim that the ongoing activities of the place, and the periodic ones of the event, are mutually reinforcing. We advance two novel elements, ‘portable economies’ and ‘springboard firms,’ which in catalyzing places exert the antithetical effect of ‘agglomeration economies’ and ‘anchor firms’ in clusters. We discuss our contribution to research on industry emergence, new practices, and user entrepreneurship.

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盛大之旅：产业崛起的催化场所的作用

对集群的研究表明，一些地区显示出优越的条件，可以在当地培育企业集中。但是，为什么某些行业——尽管将它们的起源归因于特定地点——却远离了它们的发源地？我们通过定性调查意大利阿科镇及其定期活动“RockMaster”对全球运动攀岩行业的兴起产生的影响做出回应。我们推进“催化场所”的概念，通过向心（即吸引）、催化（即反应）和离心（即喷射）三种力的持续循环过程来支持行业的出现和增长。这些力量将实践社区吸引到这个地方，让他们接触到强烈的、变革性的创业经历，并最终诱使他们在其他地方开展业务。通过重新部署在当地获得的资源和声誉，这些分散的社区形成了用户创业的集体现象，并最终形成行业。我们声称该地点正在进行的活动和事件的周期性活动是相辅相成的。我们提出了两个新元素，“便携式经济”和“跳板企业”，它们在催化地方发挥了“集聚经济”和“锚定企业”在集群中的对立效应。我们讨论了我们对行业涌现、新实践和用户创业研究的贡献。并最终出现行业。我们声称该地点正在进行的活动和事件的周期性活动是相辅相成的。我们提出了两个新元素，“便携式经济”和“跳板企业”，它们在催化地方发挥了“集聚经济”和“锚定企业”在集群中的对立效应。我们讨论了我们对行业涌现、新实践和用户创业研究的贡献。并最终出现行业。我们声称该地点正在进行的活动和事件的周期性活动是相辅相成的。我们提出了两个新元素，“便携式经济”和“跳板企业”，它们在催化地方发挥了“集聚经济”和“锚定企业”在集群中的对立效应。我们讨论了我们对行业涌现、新实践和用户创业研究的贡献。