<italic>This paper analyses whether the video game industries in the main video game hubs in Australia and Canada have the attributes of creative clusters. Three components are analysed: (1) The significance of cross-fertilization with other creative fields in the emergence and growth of the cluster;...</italic>

Artist run centres constitute an original model of production and diffusion of artistic products. They are composed of artists, who take on activities of communication, management, as well as production and distribution of artistic products, without abandoning their initial reason for being,...

<title>Abstract</title> This research compares perceived organizational support to work--family balance measures and policies in various work environments to determine whether the organizational context can be a mediating variable or whether the social economy sector, with its mission and management approach...

This article analyses culture-led regeneration processes in the context of two case studies. We analyse the roles of urban stakeholders and the adaptation of regeneration strategies in two different local planning cultures: Toronto and Montreal. The two regeneration projects analysed are the...

The effect of proximity on development has fostered much interest over recent years and STORPER has put forward the hypothesis of a winning configuration for the 3rd millenium, that is one based on innovation, organizations and territory. Our research was conducted with firms of three high tech...

Research in social sciences has shown that innovation has a territorial dimension that determines the dynamics of the process and, therefore, companies may be more or less innovative depending on the characteristics of the territory in which they are embedded. The role of intermediary...

The paper analyses the theoretical bases of the theses of the Creative Class and Creative City. The objective is to highlight the contributions of authors that preceded Richard Florida?s work and which put forward the factors susceptible to contribute to a city becoming a creative place. This...

The multimedia sector largely contributed to the economic reconversion of Montreal during the 90s. This article explores the question of whether the Montreal multimedia sector can be considered an innovative milieu. While the sector is rather young, since it exists since 10 years or so, the...

The volume begins with an Introduction, followed by a set of three papers in Part Two examining European urban competitiveness from the standpoints of measurement and policy. This section also provides a case study of the cities of one country – Italy – from which the reader can...