Berlin Creative Industries

Dieter Puchta

• 27 april 2010
• 9783834923110

Samenvatting:

The Creative Industries have recently come into the focus of urban development strategies and economic policy. The driving force behind that was, amongst others, Richard Florida with his bestseller “The rise of the creative class and how it’s tra- forming work, leisure, community, and everyday life”.

Creative Industries are the key industries of the 21st century and thus an essential element of dynamic metropolitan regions. In Berlin, one in seven enterprises belongs to the Creative Economy. In total, those enterprises yield a turnover of € 7.4 bn and provide more than 80,000 jobs. The authors give a differentiated overview of various approaches towards the Creative Industries and investigate the specific business models and financing needs. The Creative Industries have a heterogeneous structure and a vast fraction of small or micro enterprises. They require creative financing instruments and interdisciplinary approaches in economic policy.