A policy agenda for EU smart growth: the role of creative and cultural industries

The impact of localized innovations on the stock returns of tourism companies

“…This corresponds with the finding that more urbanized places are often where larger (and thus more innovative) companies are located (Booyens & Rogerson, ). This is in line with the effects of agglomeration on urban economies (Booyens & Rogerson, ; Cooke & de Propris, ). However, the tourism industry in rural areas often has significant impact on innovative local development (Brouder, ).…”

Building the northern Australia vision through creative industries: the case of Cairns in far north Queensland

“…This is despite the fact that it remains a contested concept and area of economic activity in terms of definitional issues (Taylor 2007;Townley, Beech, and McKinlay 2009;Cooke and De Propris 2011;Chapain, Clifton, and Comunian 2013) and critique of its broader neo-liberal underpinnings (Garnham 2005;Waitt 2006), as well as a tendency to focus on capital cities or aggregations of data sets (Peck 2005;Waitt 2006). Nevertheless, governments increasingly look towards creative industries for economic growth, amid declines in other traditional sectors such as manufacturing (Richards and Raymond 2000;Bakhshi and McVittie 2009;Alvarez 2010) and in response to the global financial crisis (M€ uller, Rammer, and Truby 2009;Calver, Gold, and Stewart 2013;De Propris 2013).…”

Creativity, Cities, and Innovation

“…Creativity is considered highly important for innovation and economic success (Andari et al 2007;Huggins and Clifton 2011;Cooke and De Propris 2011). Firms in the creative industries, such as design, publishing, software or the arts, are normally seen as particularly innovative (DCMS 2001;Miles and Green 2008;Bakshi and McVittie 2009;Müller et al 2009).…”