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No economic growth without art! - This statement still scares people off even if artists and leading representatives of the business community have been following new paradigms. And that's exactly the wedding of opposites that Kurt Salmon explored in two studies: one of the studies was based on the cultural investments behaviors around the world(1), whilst the other focused on the challenges of creative and cultural enterprises in Belgium(2).
Culture has changed in the last 10 years. It is not a bubble anymore which stands alone. The creative economy, encompassing industries ranging from performing arts to videogames, is becoming global and digital. Between 2002 and 2008, Europe was the biggest player in terms of export of creative and cultural products. In...
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