Chapain C. and Comunian R. Enabling and inhibiting the creative economy: the role of the local and regional dimensions in England, Regional Studies. Integrating findings from two separate research projects in Birmingham and Newcastle-Gateshead in England, this paper explores factors that enable...

Introduction to a new academic and policy field / Roberta Comunian and Abigail Gilmore -- From campus to creative quarter : constructing industry identities in creative places / Daniel Ashton -- Intermediaries and the knowledge exchange process : the case of the creative industries and higher...

To date, research into urban economics, regional science and economic geography has predominantly focused on the firm and industry as the key units of analysis in order to understand economic development; however, the past few decades have seen a growing interest in the role played by talent in...