Do creative industries cluster? Mapping Creative Local Production Systems in Italy

Luciana Lazzeretti (), Rafael Boix () and Francesco Capone ()
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Luciana Lazzeretti: Dept. of Business Economics, University of Florence

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Abstract: An important debate on the role of creativity and culture as factors of local economic development is distinctly emerging. Despite the emphasis put on the theoretical definition of these concepts, it is necessary to strengthen comparative research for the identification and analysis of the kind of creativity embedded in the territory as well as its determinants. Creative local production systems are identified in Italy and Spain departing from local labour markets as territorial units, and focusing on two different kinds of creative industries: traditional cultural industries (publishing, music, architecture and engineering, performing arts) and technology-related creative industries (R&D, ICT, advertising). The results suggest the existence of different patterns of concentration of creative industries in both countries and the concentration of creative industries in the

Keywords: creative industries; creative local systems; agglomeration economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L22 R12 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-geo and nep-ure
Date: 2008-03
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