Mapping creative capabilities: skill composition and regional specialisation in the cultural and creative industries

Duygu Buyukyazici and Eva Coll-Martínez ()
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Eva Coll-Martínez: LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville

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Abstract: This study provides the first conceptual and empirical framework to evaluate the cultural and creative industries' (CCIs) skill composition by utilising the revealed skill requirements method. First, it identifies the most important skills within and across the CCIs. Second, it maps their spatial distribution and links them to the stage-sensitive regional specialisation of the CCIs. Finally, it formalises a framework to assess the specialisation potential patterns. Moving beyond a generic treatment of the CCIs, this study develops a comprehensive, bottom-up approach to regional CCIs policy, focusing on place-specific capabilities and untapped potential of regions by comparing their skill endowments with observed CCIs' specialisation patterns.

Keywords: Complexity; Creativity; Human capital; Skill relatedness; Regional specialization; Cultural and creative industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01-01
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Published in Regional Studies, 2026, 60 (1), ⟨10.1080/00343404.2025.2587807⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2587807

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