Mobilising arguments from conservation of resources theory and employing time-lagged,
multi-source data, we propose and test a model connecting unit level transformational …

Following the hype that has been given to culture and creativity as triggers and enhancers of
local economic performance in the last 20 years, this work originally contributes to the …

The importance of culture, history, religion, and identity in the potential of any territory to
develop is now generally accepted. Place and culture are indeed persistently intertwined …

This paper compares the total impact of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) on per capita
income of countries, regions and municipalities. We estimate the total effects of CCIs in 78 …

This work analyses the economic impact of the creative industry in the European Union. The
paper quantifies the direct and indirect impacts of the creative industry, concluding that they …

The book explores the relationship between cultural heritage and local economic
development by introducing the original idea that one possible mediator between the two …

This research analyses the effect of creative service industries on labour productivity of the
regions. Creative service industries offer services that increase a region's capacity to …

Cultural heritage has been recognized as fundamental for local development. In particular,
some recent works have highlighted the role of sophisticated transmission channels of this …

The aim of the present research is to investigate the intellectual structure of creative
economy research (CER) with a bibliometric analysis based on co-citation. Firstly, we try to …

Economic geographers have paid much attention to the cultural and creative industries, both
for their propensity to cluster in urban settings, and their potential to drive urban economic …