1st Edition

Research, Development and Innovation in the Creative Industries Reframing Our Understanding of the Creative Economy

118 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

118 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

What does effective research and development look like in the creative industries and how might it lead to successful innovation? This book is an answer to that question. Building upon place-based creative industry research, the book focuses on evidence from the media sector, while encompassing a range of creative practices, from digital tourism to dance. Leveraging unique empirical data from... Read more

1: The cultural, economic and social value of the creative industries 

Justin Lewis 

2: Rethinking R&D in the creative industries 

Ruxandra Lupu 

3: Identifying innovation - A new typology for the creative industries 

Marlen Komorowski 

4: Supporting R,D&I in the creative industries 

Máté Miklos Fodor, with contributions from Meiram Begentayev and Aliya Turegeldinova 

Conclusion: A roadmap for successful creative industries’ R,D&I 

Marlen Komorowski, Ruxandra Lupu, Justin Lewis and Máté Miklos Fodor

Biography

Ruxandra Lupu is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Cyprus.

Marlen Komorowski is Senior Research Fellow of Media Cymru at JOMEC, Cardiff University, Senior Researcher at imec – SMIT – VUB and Guest Professor for European Media Markets at Vrije Universiteit Brussels.

Justin Lewis is Professor of Communication and Creative Industries at Cardiff University, UK, and Director of Media Cymru.

Máté Miklos Fodor is Associate Professor of Economics at the Project Management Institute of Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.