Research on the creative and cultural industries has been focused on:

• Defining the sector and the use of different terms
• Future developments in the sector and sub-sector
• UK and international cultural policy
• Economic developments
• Creative businesses and management

Sources 

Bilton (2007)

Bilton, C. (2007) Management and Creativity, From Creative Industries to Creative Management. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Cappo (2003)

Cappo, J. (2003) The Future of Advertising: New Media, New Clients, New Consumers in the Post-Television era. McGraw-Hill Contemporary.

Cunningham (2004)

Cunningham, S. (2004) The Creative Industries after Cultural Policy A Genealogy and Some Possible Preferred Futures. International Journal of Cultural Studies 7(1): 105-115.

Drake (2003)

Drake, G. (2003) ‘This place gives me space’: place and creativity in the creative industries, Geoforum 34(4): 511-524.

Garnham (2005)

Garnham, N. (2005) From cultural to creative industries. International Journal of Cultural Policy 11(1): 15-29.

Hall and Thomson (2005)

Hall, C. and Thomson, P. (2005) Creative partnerships? Cultural policy and inclusive arts practice in one primary school. British Educational Research Journal 33(3): 315–329.

Hartely (2005)

Hartley, J. (2005) Creative industries. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Henderson (2003)

Henderson, J.C. (2003) ‘Government and the Arts: A Framework for Analysis’, Managing Leisure 8(3): 121-132.

Oakley (2004)

Oakley, K. (2004) Not So Cool Britannia the Role of the Creative Industries in Economic Development, International Journal of Cultural Studies 7(1): 67-77.

Ross (2007)

Ross, A. (2007) Nice work if you can get it: the mercurial career of creative industries policy. Work Organisation Labour and Globalisation 1(1): 13-30.

Turok (2003)

Turok, I. (2003) Cities, Clusters and Creative Industries: The Case of Film and Television in Scotland. European Planning Studies 11(5): 549-565.

Archived sources

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