Steden vormen het fundament voor een kenniseconomie. Grotenhuis (2007)[i] kenmerkte steden als ‘smeltkroezen van economie, technologie en cultuur’, ontmoetingsplaatsen waar op de snijvlakken van disciplines innovatie ontstaat. Kortom, steden fungeren als... read more →
Paul Kennedy in 1987 published ‘The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500-2000. In this book he analyses how great powers arise, but... read more →
Dan Senor and Saul Singer in 2009 published their book ‘Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle’. The authors raise and answer the question why Israel, a young and... read more →
According to CISAC[1], Africa and the Middle East are a rising market for Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS), with US$58 billion in revenues (3% of worldwide CCS) and 2.4 million... read more →
The cultural and creative industries in Sweden enjoy a prosperous climate with Stockholm as their vibrant capital city. In 2010, the Swedish Council for Cultural and Creative Industries was founded... read more →
Creative Industries in Russia Who is not familiar with the Russian opera or the Hermitage? Russia has some great history and treasures in cultural and creative industries. But Russia also... read more →
Creative Industries policies have stimulated regional creative hot spots, next to specific creative sectors such as fashion (design). At a national level, Creative Industries has been appointed one of the... read more →