Dermot Breslin, Stephen Dobson and Nicola Smith
Understanding and predicting the behaviours of households within a community is a key concern for fire services as they plan to deliver effective and efficient public services. In…
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Purpose
Understanding and predicting the behaviours of households within a community is a key concern for fire services as they plan to deliver effective and efficient public services. In this paper, an agent-based modelling approach is used to deepen understandings of changing patterns of behaviour within a community. The paper aims to discuss this issue.
Design/methodology/approach
This “Premonition” model draws on historical data of fire incidents and community interventions (e.g. home safety checks, fire safety campaigns, etc.) collated by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, UK, to unpack patterns of changing household behaviours within the region.
Findings
Findings from simulations carried out using the Premonition model, show that by targeting close-knit groups of connected households, the effectiveness of preventative interventions and utilisation of associated resources is enhanced. Furthermore, by repeating these interventions with the same households over time, risk factors within the wider area are further reduced.
Originality/value
The study thus shows that annual repeat visits to fewer and more targeted high-risk postcodes increase the overall reduction in risk within an area, when compared with a scattered coverage approach using one-off (i.e. not repeat) household visits within a postcode.
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Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Stephen Dobson, Robert Newbery, Daniel Agyapong and Harry Matlay
Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Stephen Dobson, Robert Newbery, Daniel Agyapong and Harry Matlay
Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Stephen Dobson, Robert Newbery, Daniel Agyapong and Harry Matlay
Luna Leoni, Matteo Cristofaro, Koteshwar Chirumalla and Stephen Dobson
The purpose of this paper is to investigate challenges of building entrepreneurial ecosystems in peripheral places. The entrepreneurial ecosystem concept is developing a rising…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate challenges of building entrepreneurial ecosystems in peripheral places. The entrepreneurial ecosystem concept is developing a rising popularity among both academics and policymakers in recent years where much of the attention has been put in major urban cities. However, on the way to achieve balanced growth and equity, peripheral places should not be neglected. Thus, this paper links literature on ecosystem with peripheral region studies in creating a conceptual framework of developing entrepreneurial ecosystems in peripheral places.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper first reviews literature on entrepreneurial ecosystems and challenges that peripheral places facing in particular. Then, taking into consideration of literature from both fields, a conceptual framework is developed. In order to better illustrate the framework, a case study on Guildford’s digital gaming industry is reviewed based on secondary data.
Findings
Though facing various challenges such as smallness, remoteness and lack of resources, peripheral places can take advantage of the digital technology and build an entrepreneurial ecosystem of its own kind through holistic collaborative approach to tackle issues around finance, talents, socio-culture environment, infrastructure, markets and policy.
Originality/value
The paper is among the first to focus on developing a holistic conceptual framework in building entrepreneurial ecosystems in peripheral areas. It can lead to a range of further research topics and contribute to develop viable practices particularly for policymakers.
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Inge Hill, Sara R. S. T. A. Elias, Stephen Dobson and Paul Jones
Our chapter focuses on the disconnect between economic and cultural policies and the needs of individual firms and creative industry professionals, all of which affect creative…
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Our chapter focuses on the disconnect between economic and cultural policies and the needs of individual firms and creative industry professionals, all of which affect creative and cultural industry (CCI) entrepreneurship in the 21st century. After a review of selected policy trends and the overlooked role of creative industries in developing more sustainable liveable communities worldwide, we discuss recommendations by chapter authors in volumes 18A and 18B for useful policy actions, not only in and for their respective countries of study but also for other geographical contexts. Our particular focus is on how the CCIs have contributed to developing sustainable societies and meeting many targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. Thereafter, we provide an overview of the fifteen chapters distributed over five sections: ‘unusual and temporary places for CCI entrepreneurship’, ‘economic perspectives on CCI entrepreneurship’, ‘organising clustering of CCI entrepreneurs’, ‘cognitive aspects of doing CCI entrepreneurship’, and ‘social spaces and placemaking for CCI entrepreneurs’. Topics discussed include CCI entrepreneurship in rural areas (heritage entrepreneuring, book festivals), social work spaces, creativity and neuroentrepreneurship, strategic networking management for creatives, tensions from economic and artistic logics, collaboration challenges, street art and arts festivals. Countries considered include Estonia, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe. We conclude the chapter with a selection of policy implications of chapters in both volumes 18A and 18B, and a research programme and manifesto for researchers to develop novel insights for policymakers, aimed at strengthening the important role of the CCIs in creating more liveable sustainable communities and economies.
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Stephen Dobson, Lorena Raquel Serrano Tamayo and Sue Hayton
The creative industries are often perceived as intrinsically creative and innovative, primarily due to the nature of their output. However, the size of many organisations may mean…
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The creative industries are often perceived as intrinsically creative and innovative, primarily due to the nature of their output. However, the size of many organisations may mean that whilst product innovation is part of their value proposition, process innovation may be more difficult to achieve due to time constraints and relatively small staff sizes. This can lead to short-term ‘survival’ heuristics rather than a more strategic approach to personal/organisational development and learning. Alliances are an important means to add capacity and build new competencies and foster new ideas, and creative clusters have emerged as an important means to develop and strengthen alliances in the sector. However, research has shown that many small organisations and freelance artists may struggle to adapt practices accordingly to connect with clusters which often have a high growth orientation. This chapter explores a case study of facilitated collaboration between academic and non-academic partnerships in the creative industries as a means to help catalyse transformative strategies for change and innovation amongst micro and small and medium sized creative enterprises. The aim is to understand how practice-based participants of the University of Leeds Creative Labs Programme perceived their involvement over the twelve years of its delivery and to propose a theory of creative collaboration.