The “universal” characteristics of creative industries revisited: The case of Riga

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The "universal" characteristics of creative industries revisited: The case of Riga Rozentale, I.; Lavanga, M. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Creative industries; creative firms; characteristics; place--specificity; Riga Abstract: ''Creative industries" has emerged as a universal research and policy concept exploited for the advocacy of economic development of cities, regions and countries. Existent literature implies assumptions char-- acterising the nature of the set of activities that constitute creative industries. While studies have shown the place--specificity of the conditions relative to the development of these industries, there is little acknowledgment of the potential place--specificity of their characteristics. This article combines statistical data with the results of a survey of creative firms in Riga (Latvia) to explore the extent to which the com--mon assumptions about the features of creative industries expressed in the literature correspond to real--ity in less economically developed urban settings. The results show that creative industries in Riga display only some of the assumed characteristics, while assumptions such as high levels of innovation and growth used to advocate their importance could not be confirmed.

Cultural districts

“…Second, cultural products are idiosyncratic which means they are time-and place-specific (Santagata 2011). They have strong connections with the place where they are produced, its community and history (Rozentale and Lavanga 2014). Furthermore, cultural goods are highly specialised, differentiated and singular (Karpik 2010), where the infinite variety characteristics highlighted by Caves (2000) dominates.…”

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“…There are, however, differences between the characteristics and locational choices of creative firms and entrepreneurs in diverse regions and cities across the globe. Rozentale and Lavanga (2014) argue in favour of a context-and place-specific analysis: ''placespecific environments impact on the nature of creative industries in a city'' (p. 62).…”

A pécsi kreatív osztály helyzetének értékelése statisztikai és empirikus kutatások alapján

“…Alapfeltevésünk szerint vannak olyan belső tényezők, amelyek abba az irányba mutatnak, hogy a kreatív osztály számára az önmegvalósítás nagyon fontos szerepet játszik a munkában (Caves 2000;Frey 2002). Ugyanakkor van már olyan európai kutatási eredmény is (Rozentale, Lavagna 2014), amely szerint a belső motiváció csak bizonyos fokig valósulhat meg a munkahelyen, és inkább tudható be a profitszerzéssel szembeni ki nem mondott orientációnak, mintsem a tényleges önmegvalósító tevékenységnek. A helyzet feltárása érdekében a kitöltőket arra kértük, hogy 1-től 5-ig terjedő skálán értékeljék munkahelyükkel való elégedettségüket (2. ábra).…”