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Title: Innovation in creative cities: Evidence from British small firms

Author(s): Neil Lee and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Publication Date: November 2014

Keyword(s): cities, creative cities, creative industries, creativity and innovation

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: Creative cities are seen as important sites for the generation of new ideas, products and processes. Yet, beyond case studies of a few high-profile cities, there is little empirical evidence on the link between local creative industries concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of around 1,300 UK SMEs. The results suggest that firms in local economies with high shares of creative industries employment are significantly more likely to introduce entirely new products and processes than firms elsewhere, but not innovations which are simply new to the firm. This effect is not exclusive to creative industries firms and seems to be largely due to firms in medium sized, rather than large, cities. The results imply that creative cities may have functional specialisations in new content creation and so firms are more innovative in them.

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Lee, N and Rodríguez-Pose, A. 2014. 'Innovation in creative cities: Evidence from British small firms'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10263