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Conditions for innovation in German cities: the cases Offenbach am Main and Kassel in comparison

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  • Melina Lehning
  • Max A. Kayser

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The article deals with local approaches to innovation in two former industrial cities and explores how these can be explained. It focuses on local debates that have contributed to locally dominant narratives and the ideas embedded in these narratives about the possibilities and conditions for taking innovative paths. Conceptually, the authors pursue an interpretive approach that emphasizes that it is not (seemingly) given objective conditions that determine innovation, but rather the communication-based interpretation of these conditions in terms of possibilities and limits of action by local actors.

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  • Melina Lehning & Max A. Kayser, 2021. "Conditions for innovation in German cities: the cases Offenbach am Main and Kassel in comparison," Urban Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(5), pages 523-542, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rurpxx:v:14:y:2021:i:5:p:523-542
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2020.1792970
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