Introduction

• Main Authors: O'Connor, Justin, Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Cultural industries; Asia; creation; economics; Asian Studies; Sociology of Culture; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1807; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9949-6_1
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central...