Objectives: The paper explains the process and problems of mapping a localised creative industry sector, contrasting the findings of secondary data with primary data from within the field; identifying implications for policy and...
moreObjectives: The paper explains the process and problems of mapping a localised creative industry sector, contrasting the findings of secondary data with primary data from within the field; identifying implications for policy and innovation. Prior Work: Cunningham et al (2009) term creative industries and innovation as conceptually ‘slippery fish’ concurring with authors who espouse the difficulty of defining creative industries (Boggs, 2009; Galloway and Dunlop, 2007). Even though Flew et al (2010) suggest that there is increasing consensus about the size and scope of CIs, there remain obstacles to mapping creative clusters, an obstacles to policy making decisions (Vecco 2009, Boggs, 2009). Yet authors persist in suggesting that creative industries are dynamic laboratories of change and innovation, exploiting new technologies in production, distribution and markets (Flew et al, 2010). Approach: The research is based on the analysis of Official Statistics within a defined group of CI...
