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Creative Local Development in Cologne and London Film and TV Production

Sabine Elbing, Ulrich Glassmann, and Colin Crouch

in Innovation in Local Economies: Germany in Comparative Context

This chapter analyses two case studies on public broadcasting in Germany and the UK. The case studies demonstrate several examples of actors at local and sectoral level taking initiatives to resolve ... More

This chapter analyses two case studies on public broadcasting in Germany and the UK. The case studies demonstrate several examples of actors at local and sectoral level taking initiatives to resolve apparent deficiencies for their purposes in the ‘normal’ national array of institutions. A particular surprise of the finding is that in doing so both German and British film and television makers have occasionally, usually by chance, hit on institutions more typical of the other country.Less

Rule‐Breaking and Freedom of Rules in National Production Models: How German Capitalism Departs from the ‘Rhenish Equilibrium’

Ulrich Glassmann

in Innovation in Local Economies: Germany in Comparative Context

Accounts of the German socio-economic ‘model’ frequently start from an image of how that economy and its institutions operated in the 1980s and early 1990s. Not only has this image become out of ... More

Accounts of the German socio-economic ‘model’ frequently start from an image of how that economy and its institutions operated in the 1980s and early 1990s. Not only has this image become out of date, but the fact that the German system is one which is undergoing continuing change means that it is difficult to depict German institutions in a state of equilibrium. New accounts, or images, have to be presented, not only very differently from the outdated accounts but also as institutions undergoing change. This chapter offers an account of this ‘moving image’, rather than a ‘snapshot’ of contemporary German capitalism, to provide a base for the appraisal of the regional and sectoral variants of that economy that appears in later chapters.Less

Three Cases of Changing Capitalism: Sweden, Hungary, and the United Kingdom

Colin Crouch, Maarten Keune, Pernilla S. Rafiqui, Örjan Sjöberg, and András Tóth

in Innovation in Local Economies: Germany in Comparative Context

The previous chapter demonstrated the error of treating Germany as a static exemplar of a formal model, but has depicted it instead as a system in the process of change. This is essential to appraise ... More

The previous chapter demonstrated the error of treating Germany as a static exemplar of a formal model, but has depicted it instead as a system in the process of change. This is essential to appraise whether local institutional innovators are following or running counter to a presumed national system in their entrepreneurship. This chapter applies the same approach to the other three countries being considered in the cases presented in this study.Less

Local Production Practices and Inter-Firm Linkages: Chicago's Automotive Industry, 1900–1940

in Chicago Made: Factory Networks in the Industrial Metropolis

Between 1900 and 1930, a metropolitan complex of car, truck, and taxicab assemblers, parts makers, and wholesalers developed in response to the industry's production strategies and strong inter-firm ... More

Between 1900 and 1930, a metropolitan complex of car, truck, and taxicab assemblers, parts makers, and wholesalers developed in response to the industry's production strategies and strong inter-firm relations. The local industry depended on the production practices of closely linked firms centered on a detailed division of labor between supplier and assembling plants along the metropolitan-based commodity chain. This involved the supply of vehicle parts in varying quantities to specialized assemblers and suppliers. Services received from local industries and financial institutions reinforced Chicago's automotive firms' dependence on this local network. Chicago's distinctive industrial character underpinned the development of a large industry specializing in truck and taxicab production by the interwar period.Less

Networked Space: The Connected Metropolis in the 1920s

in Chicago Made: Factory Networks in the Industrial Metropolis

In November 1927, Campbell Soup announced the construction of a plant with floor space of more than 1 million square feet at the Dickinson Industrial District. The first unit—a six-story concrete ... More

In November 1927, Campbell Soup announced the construction of a plant with floor space of more than 1 million square feet at the Dickinson Industrial District. The first unit—a six-story concrete structure flanked by three-story buildings on either side, with 800,000 square feet of floor space—was finished a year later. An unusual feature of the new factory was its relationship to a supplier. Cans, the company's major packaging material, were supplied by a specially constructed factory next door to the soup plant. Continental Can's four-story building would “be engaged exclusively in producing cans for the Campbell Soup company.” The sagas of Campbell–Continental and food processing-canning illustrate the geography of inter-firm relations. The two companies were firmly embedded in a multiple set of business relationships, which stretched across metropolitan, regional, and international industrial landscapes. Success involved taking advantage of both local and long-distance flows of goods, ideas, knowledge, and capital. Similarly, Chicago's industrial economy was sustained by an elaborate set of intra- and inter-firm relations operating at different spatial scales. The evidence shows that while regional and national interactions were important to local firms and industries, a well-embedded local production complex was critical to Chicago's success as an industrial economy.Less