Introduction -- Defining talent: Between human capital and the creative economy -- Positioning Talent: history, cities and the growing importance of talent -- Challenging talent: Cities and the cycle of rising disparities -- Raising talent: higher education and uneven career outcomes -- Exposing...

To date, research into urban economics, regional science and economic geography has predominantly focused on the firm and industry as the key units of analysis in order to understand economic development; however, the past few decades have seen a growing interest in the role played by talent in...

Chapain C. and Comunian R. Enabling and inhibiting the creative economy: the role of the local and regional dimensions in England, Regional Studies. Integrating findings from two separate research projects in Birmingham and Newcastle-Gateshead in England, this paper explores factors that enable...

Introduction to a new academic and policy field / Roberta Comunian and Abigail Gilmore -- From campus to creative quarter : constructing industry identities in creative places / Daniel Ashton -- Intermediaries and the knowledge exchange process : the case of the creative industries and higher...

A large part of the recent research and theoretical debate in economic geography underlines the central role of networks and relational perspectives. Although networks and their social dimension are recognised as central to the regional economic development, often the focus of research is in the...