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 … companies in the Web, Graphic, and Industrial Design Sector in the Netherlands. The results indicate that information processing …

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 …