This paper analyzes processes and effects of ICT enabled innovation in the Dutch design sector. Although the adoption … of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is considered as vital in the design sector, little is known about … determinants of ICT adoption. Next, we analyze the effects of ICT adoption on product and process innovation as well as on firm …

among firms within cultural industries. We study firm founders in three design sectors (industrial design, graphic design … and web design) and analyse the determinants of their personal income. Next to individual factors affecting income … education and spatial clustering have no impact. We argue that policies in the design sector should be oriented towards helping …