Density and Creativity in U.S. Regions

Knudsen, Brian B.; Florida, Richard; Stolarick, Kevin; Gates, Gary J.

doi:10.1080/00045600701851150

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“…However, more recent studies by some of the same authors (e.g. Knudsen et al, 2008) emphasize the scant significance of bohemian (artists) and gay indices in explaining regional performances in the US. A likely stronger correlation is instead to be expected between tolerance and low barriers to entry for recent immigrants, because a tolerant atmosphere reduces the likelihood of potential social and cultural frictions and attenuates the typical perception 6 that immigrants are getting jobs that would have otherwise been taken by natives (de Palo, Faini and Venturini, 2006).…”

Section: Drivers Of Regional Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creative industries, new business formation, and regional economic growth

2011

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Creative Industries, New Business Formation and Regional Economic Growth * Terms of use: Documents in March 2009Roberta Piergiovanni Istat-Ufficio Regionale per l'Emilia-Romagna Martin Carree Maastricht University Enrico Santarelli University of Bologna and Max Planck Institute of Economics AbstractThe present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities, new business formation and the provision of amenities on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces (NUTS 3) over the period between 2001 and 2006. Provincial growth rates are measured alternatively by value added growth and employment growth. Findings show a positive effect of the increase in the number of firms active in the creative industries, net entry, and a greater provision of leisure amenities on regional economic growth. A large portion of employment in the manufacturing, mining, and energy sector, and a high relative number of university faculties are found to lead to slower economic growth, whereas trademarks, patents, cultural amenities and industrial districts do not affect economic growth. Finally, the share of legal immigrants is found to have a positive impact on employment growth. JEL-classification:O18, O34, R11

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Section: Drivers Of Regional Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creative industries, new business formation, and regional economic growth

2011

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“…One reason for this is that proximity enables the exchange of information between firms and entrepreneurs (Duranton and Puga 2001;Storper and Venables 2004). This allows firms to learn from one another, sharing tacit knowledge and information and may lead to higher levels of productivity (Glaeser 1999;Asheim and Isaksen 2002;Knudsen et al 2008), processes which were exemplified by Marshall's (1920) quote that the secrets of industry are 'in the air'.…”

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“…showing a clear link between patent innovation and urban density (Crescenzi et al 2007;Knudsen et al 2008), implying that firms benefit from dense urban environments with frequent exchanges of knowledge and information -what is known as 'being there' -for innovation (Gertler 1995). Yet a wide literature has suggested that innovation is not a single outcome, but a highly diverse, context-specific phenomenon, which can be measured in several different ways (Fagerberg 2005).…”

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Original Innovation, Learnt Innovation and Cities: Evidence from UK SMEs

Lee¹,

Rodríguez‐Pose²

2013

Urban Studies

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One of the key benefits of cities is that they allow the exchange of knowledge and information between economic actors. This may have two effects: it may create the conditions for entirely new innovations to emerge, and it may allow firms to learn innovations from those nearby. Yet few studies have considered the impact of an urban location on whether innovations are original or learnt. This paper tests these hypotheses using large-scale survey evidence for over 1,600 UK SMEs. We show that while urban firms tend to be both product and process innovators, urban firms are disproportionately likely to introduce process innovations which are only new to the firm, rather than entirely original. Instead, the urban advantage in product innovation appears to come from a combination of the effects. The results highlight a need for a nuanced view of the link between cities and innovation.

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“…As reviewed in Glaeser (1994), density, and in particular urban density, favours intellectual and technological spillovers, as well as the accumulation of human capital. There is empirical evidence on the impact of economic density on innovation (Sedgley and Elmslie, 2004;Knudsen et al, 2008), and innovation itself is a determinant of growth (Romer, 1990). Contrary to the other factors mentioned above, there is no direct econometric evidence on the effect of economic density on regional growth 3 .…”

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confidence: 99%