Activities of entrepreneurs in the creative industries are undermined by investors’ lack of understanding and willingness to invest in the sector. National research in Sweden, Denmark and Norway show that the growth rate is often higher in the creative industries compared to the average national economic growth rates. Despite relatively large in economic terms and regarding growth rates, the fi...

We propose a new definition of the creative industries in terms of social network markets. The current definition of the creative industries is based on an industrial classification that proceeds in terms of the creative nature of inputs and the intellectual property nature of outputs. We propose, instead, a new market-based definition in terms of the extent to which both demand and supply oper...

The aim of this paper is to critically assess the notion of the creative cluster, and to consider whether it is an appropriate tool for the governance of the creative industries, or even a suitable point from which to begin an analysis of the creative industries. The paper argues that creative clusters are formally a sub-set of business clusters. A critique of the business clusters literature h...

The beginning of the 21st century is marked by global demand for innovative (creative) industries, based on unique authorship, experience and personal talent. Cultural industries are systematically transformed into main factor socio-economic transformation basis updating industrial culture production, creation cultivation artistic geniuses. new challenges art development transform infrastructur...