Economics and Management School, Wenzhou University of Technology, Whenzhou, China.
Department of Business and Management, Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Whenzhou, China.
PLoS One. 2022 Sep 9;17(9):e0274307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274307. eCollection 2022.
Most of the existing studies on maker-space focus on internal subjects (such as makers) or external factors (such as policy support, ecological environment, and more). There has been relatively little discussion on the design of a series of mechanisms of maker-space. This paper theorizes the operating mechanism for platform services, resource gathering, network connections and endogenous cultural protection for the maker-space. It uses the method of fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyze data from 63 maker-spaces in Zhejiang Province. The study proposes a reasonable mechanism design scheme for maker-space. The results show that the innovativeness of a maker-space is the result of the synergistic effect of various operating mechanisms. Among them, the platform service function, the channel for gathering resources, the formal linkages, and the culture for sharing achievements are indispensable support mechanisms for maker-spaces. Two effective ways to promote innovation in maker-space are outlined: first, preventing interventions from external resource providers; second, building an inclusive culture of trial and error.
大多数关于创客空间的现有研究都集中在内部主体（如创客）或外部因素（如政策支持、生态环境等）上。对于创客空间的一系列机制设计讨论相对较少。本文从平台服务、资源集聚、网络连接和内生文化保护等方面对创客空间的运行机制进行了理论化探讨。利用模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）方法，对浙江省 63 个创客空间的数据进行了分析。研究提出了创客空间的合理机制设计方案。研究结果表明，创客空间的创新性是各种运行机制协同作用的结果。其中，平台服务功能、资源集聚渠道、正式联系以及成果共享文化是创客空间不可或缺的支撑机制。概述了促进创客空间创新的两种有效途径：一是防止外部资源提供者的干预；二是构建包容的试错文化。
