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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Sarah E.
dc.contributor.authorCurrid-Halkett, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-16T19:37:53Z
dc.date.available2014-04-16T19:37:53Z
dc.date.issued2014-02
dc.date.submitted2013-07
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86185
dc.description.abstractIndustrial agglomerations have long been thought to offer economic and social benefits to firms and people that are only captured by location within their specified geographies. Using the case study of New York City’s garment industry along with data acquired from cell phones and social media, this study set out to understand the discrete activities underpinning the economic dynamics of an industrial agglomeration. Over a two week period, data was collected by employing the geo-locative capabilities of Foursquare, a social media application, to record every movement of fashion workers employed at fashion design firms located both inside and outside the geographical boundaries of New York City’s Garment District. This unique method of studying worker activity exposed the day-to-day dynamics of an industrial district with a precision thus far undocumented in literature. Our work suggests that having access to the cluster provides almost the same agglomeration economies as residing within its borders.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRockefeller Foundationen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086165en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourcePLoSen_US
dc.titleIndustry in Motion: Using Smart Phones to Explore the Spatial Network of the Garment Industry in New York Cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, Sarah, and Elizabeth Currid-Halkett. “Industry in Motion: Using Smart Phones to Explore the Spatial Network of the Garment Industry in New York City.” Edited by José Javier Ramasco. PLoS ONE 9, no. 2 (February 5, 2014): e86165.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planningen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorWilliams, Sarah E.en_US
dc.relation.journalPLoS ONEen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsWilliams, Sarah; Currid-Halkett, Elizabethen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-8506
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US
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