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

Duygu Buyukyazici and Eva Coll-Martínez

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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; cultural and creative industries; human capital; regional specialisation; skill relatedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 J24 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2026-01-31
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Published in Regional Studies, 31, January, 2026, 60(1). ISSN: 0034-3404

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