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Punk Rock Entrepreneurship: All-Ages DIY Music Venues and the Urban Economic Landscape

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It is increasingly common for music scenes to catalyze economic development on the urban landscape. There is a growing body of research examining this phenomenon and as it expands, the analysis more closely focuses on the nuances, details, and dynamics of the scenes (Currid 2007; Lloyd 2006; Seman 2015).

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Seman, M. (2019). Punk Rock Entrepreneurship: All-Ages DIY Music Venues and the Urban Economic Landscape. In: Gill, R., Pratt, A.C., Virani, T.E. (eds) Creative Hubs in Question. Dynamics of Virtual Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9_12

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