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The Creative Industries, Creative Occupations and Innovation in London

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  • Neil Lee
  • Emma Drever

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London is a global hub of the creative industries. These industries are seen as both innovative in themselves and an input in innovation processes in other sectors. Yet few studies have tested these relationships. This article investigates these issues using large-scale survey data for London. Using four measures of product and process innovation, we find no evidence that London's creative industries are more innovative than other sectors. Yet, individuals doing creative occupations in other sectors are a robust driver of product innovation in London's firms. The results suggest that occupations performed in London may be an important driver of product innovation in the city, and firms in other sectors may use creative occupations to develop new products in the capital. This finding is supportive of policies attempting to stimulate the creative industries by integrating creative occupations into firms across the whole economy.

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  • Neil Lee & Emma Drever, 2013. "The Creative Industries, Creative Occupations and Innovation in London," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(12), pages 1977-1997, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:21:y:2013:i:12:p:1977-1997
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722969
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    1. Jan Stejskal & Petr Hajek, 2019. "Modelling collaboration and innovation in creative industries using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(3), pages 981-1006, June.
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    3. Niccolò Innocenti & Luciana Lazzeretti, 2018. "Relatedness and growth: The impact of creative industries to the wider economy," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 1819, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2018.
    4. Jinliao He & Jue Peng & Gang Zeng, 2023. "The Spatiality of the Creative Digital Economy: Local Amenities to the Spatial Agglomeration of Creative E-Freelancers in China," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(4), pages 4608-4629, December.
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    13. Elisabetta Lazzaro, 2021. "Linking the Creative Economy with Universities’ Entrepreneurship: A Spillover Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, January.
    14. Zhipeng Zang & Qiwei Zhu & Helena Mogorrón-Guerrero, 2019. "How Does R&D Investment Affect the Financial Performance of Cultural and Creative Enterprises? The Moderating Effect of Actual Controller," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-19, January.

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