extended abstract: introduction creative city is a place with a strong flourish of arts and culture, creativity and innovation with four scenarios of creative human capital, quality of life, innovation and investment in social in order to use of sustainable development indicators. the aim of this study is an analysis of the relationship between sustainable development indicators and criteria of...

We first construct a theoretical model of a regional economy with two sectors. One sector uses physical and creative capital—in the sense of Florida (The rise of creative class. Basic Books, New York, NY, 2002)—to produce a knowledge good that is traded. The other sector uses physical and social capital to produce a good that is not traded. Second, we provide the first formal analysis of the cr...

The creative capital possessed by the members of the creative class in region is either acquired through education or present innately in these members. Therefore, the creative infrastructure in the region is the sum of a part representing creative capital obtained through education and a second part denoting creative capital present innately in the creative class members. A researcher wishes t...

While there is a general consensus on the importance of human capital to regional development, debate has emerged around two key issues. The first involves the efficacy of educational versus occupational measures (i.e. the creative class) of human capital, while the second revolves around the factors that effect its distribution. We use structural equation models and path analysis to examine th...

The role of talent and creativity in economic development has been a subject of growing interest to social scientists. Human capital is observed both to be an important contributor to growth and to be unevenly distributed geographically. While there is consensus on the importance of human capital to economic development, debate takes shape around two central issues. First, there is the question...

Introduction With rare exceptions, the Arctic regions have always been a showcase of economic marginalization and the polygon for (largely unsuccessful) economic development policies and projects (Agranat 1992; Rea 1976; Hayter and others 1994; DiFrancesco 2000; Bone 2009). Economists have well documented that frontier economies are marginal, vulnerable, structurally truncated and functionally ...

the rapid changes in sport industry urge sport investors and entrepreneurs to adopt creative and innovative approaches. in this situation, intellectual property is among the most important organizational assets and the potential success of an organization is rooted in their intellectual capabilities. on the other hand, relying on innovation, small businesses are seeking to improve their perform...