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Creative Hubs and the Cultural Divide: Exploring European Creative Collaborations

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  • Stefano Fricano
  • Gioacchino Fazio
  • Claudio Pirrone

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The economies generated within the creative and cultural sectors are playing an increasing role in international competition between territories. Collaborations and synergies between territories can create the right conditions for the overall growth of cultural economies and make the them more attractive and better performing. Building collaborative cultural policies is challenging due to the parties’ differing attitudes, priorities, and resources. In this contribution, we have focused on the funds made available by the Framework Program of the European Commission dedicated to developing cultural and creative sectors. The analysis highlights the characteristics of a network of collaborations between partners of different cities. Our results show non-trivial features linked to the cultural-creative dimensions of cities. Findings unveil complex cultural-creative collaboration dynamics. Results show that effective collaborative policies require carefully balancing diverse attitudes. JEL classification numbers: L82, R58, Z11.Keywords: Creativity, cities network, enabling environment.

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  • Stefano Fricano & Gioacchino Fazio & Claudio Pirrone, 2025. "Creative Hubs and the Cultural Divide: Exploring European Creative Collaborations," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 15(1), pages 1-1.
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    Keywords

    creativity; cities network; enabling environment.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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