This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly...

Do creative industries have positive spillovers for the local economy in middle-income countries, for instance by attracting creative workers who benefit entrepreneurs and workers in other industries? Creative industries are considered highly innovative and productive and several studies in...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 3: Factors influencing leadership in art and cultural organisations -- Chapter 4: Tasks of leadership in arts and cultural organisations -- Chapter 5: Constitutive elements of leadership behaviour -- Chapter 6: Leadership...