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Creative Economies, Creative Cities
. Ed(S): Kong, Lily; O'connor, Justin
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Description for Creative Economies, Creative Cities
Paperback. The cultural and creative industries are becoming increasingly prominent on many policy agendas. This book provides critical and comparative perspectives between Asia and Europe. Showing the differences between them allows for meaningful comparisons. Editor(s): Kong, Lily; O'Connor, Justin. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMVD; J; KCP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 351.
Justin O’Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central to the growth of external m- kets. This agenda stresses creativity, innovation, small business growth, and access to global markets – all central to a wider agenda of moving from cheap manufacture towards high value-added products and services. The increasing importance of cultural and creative industries in national and city policy agendas ... Read more
Justin O’Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central to the growth of external m- kets. This agenda stresses creativity, innovation, small business growth, and access to global markets – all central to a wider agenda of moving from cheap manufacture towards high value-added products and services. The increasing importance of cultural and creative industries in national and city policy agendas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048182268
SKU
V9789048182268
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Creative Economies, Creative Cities
From the reviews: “Creative Economies, Creative Cities, an edited collection of articles by academics from Europe, the Far East and Australia, puts Florida’s thesis in global and historical context. The book mines a rich vein of debate that began long before 2002 about the effectiveness of the Creative Economy idea. … The book is a kind of echo chamber ... Read more