Intellect

Authors:  Caroline Chapain And  Lisa De Propris 
DOI: 10.1386/cij.2.1.9/1

Keywords
creative industries, cultural and creative clusters, creative class, local and regional development

Abstract
The current debate on drivers and processes of creative industries in cities and regions oscillates between two approaches: one that focuses on individuals' creative talent drawing on Florida's work, and one that looks at firms and systems of firms, i.e., creative clusters. In this introductory note, we critically review the main contributions on both sides, argue that that there a need to reconcile them especially in order to shape the current policy discourse.