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The emerging industries in our complex scenario

In 2019, the European Panorama for Cluster published the report “Emerging Industries: Driving strength in 10 cross-sectoral industries". Even though the social and economic conjuncture changed rapidly for the Covid-19 pandemic, this report highlights some structural features of our economic…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

R&D in creative industries: some lessons from the book publishing sector

Introduction Creative industries (CIs) deserve an ever increasing interest in recent years. Opportunities of economic wealth, growth and jobs creation at local level are identified as key factors (Henry, de Bruin, 2011; Piergiovanni et al., 2012) and recent research has…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

Towards a “Creative Ravenna”. Capitalising on the European Capital of Culture process to build a Culture and Creative Industries’ strategy

Ravenna, with its rich cultural and artistic heritage, its economic and social fabric as well as the political will to invest in culture, has the potential to design its future with the support of art and culture and contribute to…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

R&D in creative industries: some lessons from the book publishing sector

Notwithstanding the recent increasing interest in creative industries (CIs), very few studies are dealing with a new and emerging topic like technological innovation. In CIs, innovation is in general considered from a single viewpoint: a means to develop new creative…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Exploring the world between nostalgia and desire

In such a rapidly changing world certainties are strongly needed, and communities share a painful nostalgia for an idyllic past. While powerful people try to stop time a growing tribe of innovators and non-prejudicial individuals build a sort of network…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Cultural hubs as powerful leverage of economic growth: Sydney and Philadelphia case studies

The creativity industry has become more and more important not only for workers of the cultural sector, but also for governments and local authorities. In fact, cultural policy means economical policy. The article supports the thesis that culture is a…