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Cultural and Creative Industries and Regional Development

Creativity Where and Why

verfasst von: Roberto Dellisanti

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buchreihe : Contributions to Regional Science

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This book explores the role of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as drivers of local economic development. More specifically, it builds on two novel perspectives in order to interpret the phenomenon. First, despite the general recognition that CCIs are innovative economic actors, their creative output is heterogeneous, as CCIs consist of extremely diverse industries, and the concept of innovation differs from sector to sector. Second, CCIs’ creativity is locally rooted, as the context provides innovative inputs for the development of creative ideas, binding creativity with well-established theories of the regional innovation literature. The book explores these new perspectives through a novel database on CCIs’ innovation at a fine industrial and regional scale.

Building on these two ideas, the book is subdivided into three parts. In the first, a novel definition of creativity in CCIs is developed in which its heterogeneity and place-based nature are at the core. In turn, the second part addresses the phenomenon of localization choices in CCIs, highlighting their heterogeneous innovativeness and the filière which they belong to as key dimensions for the analysis. In the third part, the impact of CCIs on economic growth is explored.

This book offers new evidence on the conditions under which CCIs cluster in space and stimulate development. It appeals to scholars in regional science, cultural economics and related fields, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in the cultural and creative industries.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. The Rise of CCIs: Setting the Scene

Abstract

This book focused on Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) has the ambition to stimulate a deep reflection for a wide audience (academics, policymakers, and practitioners) on both theoretical and empirical aspects that characterise these particular sectors. The book considers them according to their innovative capacity, implicitly distancing itself from the idea that they are homogeneously innovative. The book also bridges this heterogeneous innovative capacity with the territories in which CCIs settle, stressing the strong relevance of local tangible and non-tangible elements driving the creative genius. Specifically, this introductory chapter presents an overview of the debate that will be deepened within the work, identifying the main problems it sets out to solve together and presenting the structure of the work with the chapter-specific objectives.

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In Search of a Definition of Cultural and Creative Industries

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Chapter 2. In Pursuit of Creativity in CCIs

Abstract

The analysis of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) is both interesting and challenging. Their role as driver of economic development on the one hand and their contribution as bearer of social values makes them relevant for academic and institutional debates. However, the challenge faced by researchers is related to the founding nature of CCIs: creativity. All conceptual discussion of CCIs and their classifications have attempted in some way to detect creativity in CCIs. What resulted is that this concept is heterogeneous and difficult to capture. This chapter is aimed at reviewing in a critical way the main approaches to CCIs, using the way in which creativity is conceived as an interpretative key.

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Chapter 3. An Original Framework for the Identification of Creativity in CCIs

Abstract

Complexity in defining creativity affects all topics related to it. Starting from the conceptual reflections of the literature, this chapter proposes a novel definition of creativity in CCIs considering that creativity is heterogeneous both in the forms and in the spatial intensity it assumes. Thanks to the new definition, it is possible to outline an original framework for CCIs’ classification, taking into account their heterogeneous capacity to innovate in space. This approach will allow an innovative mapping of CCIs across EU regions and it represents the core of the conceptual innovation proposed in this book.

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Location Patterns of CCIs

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Chapter 4. Location Behaviours of CCIs: Towards New Research Trajectories

Abstract

Spatial concentration of Cultural and Creative Industries is not a new topic in academic research. However, the analysis of this phenomenon often neglects that CCIs behave differently, due to their heterogeneity. This chapter focuses on the literature on CCIs’ concentration, highlighting that there exist two key dimensions behind this process: CCIs’ heterogeneous creativity and the type of filière in which they are embedded. This review presents four different approaches to reading the wide literature on this field and, based on the literature discussion, the new research trajectories are introduced. In detail, a conceptual taxonomy of the main agglomeration factors based on creativity and filière is presented.

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Chapter 5. Where Is Creativity? Data and Methodology to Measure CCIs Across EU Regions

Abstract

The quality of the analysis of CCIs locations depends on the quality of data employed. Official statistics miss information that is finely disaggregated, both at the industrial and at the geographical level. The aim of this chapter is to present a novel database built for this work, starting from Orbis data. The most relevant aspect is to measure two determinants of CCIs: creative employment, considered a proper indication of the amount of creatives in a given location, and the degree of innovativeness of these industries in space. The richness of the database created allows maps on the geography of CCIs to be produced according to their different degrees of innovation intensity.

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Chapter 6. Location of CCIs: Innovation and Filière Behind the Scenes

Abstract

Academic research on CCIs’ location is not new in economics, they started from the beginning to display a peculiar, concentrated distribution. Only few areas offer the conditions for the concentration of creative activities and in three out of four cases these areas are metropolitan areas. This chapter presents an empirical analysis aimed at testing the prevailing CCIs’ agglomerative factors, based on their two aspect of heterogeneity: creativity and filière. In fact, the context provides inputs for creativity in a collective learning process through exchanges and cross-fertilisation. Results show that the factors driving CCIs clustering at the local level, also called territorial determinants of clustering, can be identified at the intersection of creativity and filière.

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CCIs and Local Development

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Chapter 7. The Role of CCIs for Local Development in Europe

Abstract

Whether Cultural and Creative Industries are important levers of regional growth is still a matter of debate, and empirical investigations are still contradictory in their results. This chapter aims at reviewing the literature on the CCIs-regional growth nexus, highlighting that the difficulty in defining CCIs and the heterogeneous conceptual approaches to them also influence the CCIs-local growth approaches. Together with conceptual approaches, also past empirical investigations are presented. Limitations from the previous literature allowed us to propose new research questions.

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Chapter 8. CCIs and Local Development: The Role of Creativity Generation

Abstract

This chapter investigates the role CCIs play on local development, building on two original perspectives. First, the relationship between CCIs and growth needs to account for both the diversified forms (technological, symbolic, artistic) and levels of intensity (Inventive vs. Replicative activities) of CCIs’ creativity. Second, the capacity of CCIs’ to enhance local economic growth is expected to depend on the presence of territorial mediating factors. The results confirm that CCIs do play a positive role in triggering regional growth, especially thanks to the presence of specific territorial elements. Moreover, preliminary results suggest that CCIs are also capable to trigger the economic resilience of places in periods of crisis, opening to further investigations in this respect.

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Chapter 9. Creativity Where and Why. Results, Policy Implications, and Future Challenges

Abstract

This concluding chapter presents a critical review of the results obtained throughout the book, especially with a twofold aim. First, it attempts to link them to the policy discourse, proposing some innovative policy recommendations based on the empirical and conceptual implications of the book. Second, it devotes a large space to the emerging trends that are affecting the creative economy in general and especially CCIs, such the emergence of the Metaverse and the big changes required during the COVID-19 pandemics. All these trends are expected to change CCIs’ behaviours and their implications, also at the local level. As it is not yet possible to foresee the future, it is important to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that the future will present.

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Titel: Cultural and Creative Industries and Regional Development
verfasst von: Roberto Dellisanti
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-29624-6
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-29623-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29624-6