Creative industries comprise enterprises focusing on the creation, production, and distribution of creative or cultural goods and services. Following an explorative empirical approach, we analyze start-ups in creative industries regarding three issues along the startup process: (1) personal...

Teil 1: Theorie kreativitätsintensiver Prozesse -- Teil 2: Methoden zur Unterstützung kreativitätsintensiver Prozesse -- Teil 3: Software zur Unterstützung kreativitätsintensiver Prozesse -- Teil 4: Anwendungen in der Fernsehindustrie -- Teil 5: Anwendungen in anderen Bereichen.

Considering data for individual earnings we show that the local subsidization of cultural activities in Germany exerts effects on the wage distribution in the sense that these subsidies tend to reduce the wage gap between those with higher and less education. These findings motivate a...