Resilience and fragility in creative industry clusters: Exploring the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

IF 7.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Industrial Marketing Management Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI:10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.07.004

Pınar Cankurtaran , Beverley Nielsen , Steven McCabe

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There is widespread agreement that regional clusters are a critical means of competing among industries, the creative sector included. Research examines resilience, or the ability of the regional cluster to adapt to change and innovate. However, not all clusters are alike, with emerging research identifying the unique nature of creative clusters, particularly those with a craft heritage at their core. Despite claims that clusters are defined by human social actions, there has been limited research examining the within-cluster practices that give rise to and reinforce resilience. Drawing on social practice theory, we examine how actors shape resilience within the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter (BJQ), one of the UK's oldest continuing regional clusters. Our qualitative findings identify for cluster level practices that give rise to resilience: bonding, identity, exploiting, and exploring. These consist of 11 individual sub-practices. Collectively, our findings make three contributions: identifying the role of micro-level practices in giving rise to resilience in creative industry clusters, identifying the relationship between practices and their connections with resilience/fragility, and expanding cluster research into urban regional craft luxury sectors.

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创意产业集群的弹性和脆弱性：探索伯明翰珠宝区

人们普遍认为，区域集群是包括创意部门在内的行业之间竞争的关键手段。研究考察了弹性，即区域集群适应变化和创新的能力。然而，并不是所有的集群都是一样的，新兴的研究发现了创意集群的独特性，特别是那些以工艺遗产为核心的集群。尽管声称集群是由人类的社会行为定义的，但对集群内产生和加强弹性的实践的研究有限。借鉴社会实践理论，我们研究了演员如何在伯明翰珠宝区（BJQ）塑造韧性，这是英国最古老的持续区域集群之一。我们的定性发现确定了产生弹性的集群级实践：结合、认同、开发和探索。它们由11个独立的子实践组成。总体而言，我们的研究结果做出了三个贡献：确定微观层面的实践在创意产业集群中产生弹性的作用，确定实践及其与弹性/脆弱性之间的关系，并将集群研究扩展到城市区域工艺奢侈品行业。

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Industrial Marketing Management Multiple-

CiteScore

17.30

自引率

20.40%

发文量

255

期刊介绍： Industrial Marketing Management delivers theoretical, empirical, and case-based research tailored to the requirements of marketing scholars and practitioners engaged in industrial and business-to-business markets. With an editorial review board comprising prominent international scholars and practitioners, the journal ensures a harmonious blend of theory and practical applications in all articles. Scholars from North America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Asia, and various global regions contribute the latest findings to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of industrial markets. This holistic approach keeps readers informed with the most timely data and contemporary insights essential for informed marketing decisions and strategies in global industrial and business-to-business markets.