Spatial Agglomeration in British Broadcasting: The Complementarity of Cultural and Economic Insights

Abstract

This chapter considers the processes supporting dynamic agglomeration in the British broadcasting industry. It compares and contrasts the insights offered by cultural geography and more conventionally economic approaches. It finds that culture and institutions are fundamental to the constitution of production and exchange relationships and also that they solve fundamental economic problems of coordinating resources under conditions of uncertainty and limited information. Processes at a range of spatial scales are important, from highly local to global, and conventional economics casts some light on which firms are most active and successful in both domestic and international activities.

Citation

Cook, G. and Pandit, N. (2013), "Spatial Agglomeration in British Broadcasting: The Complementarity of Cultural and Economic Insights", Oakey, R., Groen, A., Cook, G. and Van Der Sijde, P. (Ed.) New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium (New Technology Based Firms in the New Millennium, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 95-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1876-0228(2013)0000010008