Seeking talent for creative cities : the social dynamics of innovation / edited by Jill L. Grant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grant, Jill, éditeur intellectuel de compilation.

Series:

Innovation, creativity, and governance in Canadian city-regions (Toronto, Ont.)

Innovation, creativity, and governance in Canadian city-regions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Canada--Growth--Case studies.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban--Canada--Case studies.

Sociology, Urban.

Cultural industries--Canada--Case studies.

Cultural industries.

Diffusion of innovations--Canada--Case studies.

Diffusion of innovations.

Municipal government--Canada--Case studies.

Municipal government.

Growth.

Canada.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 265 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014].

Summary:

"With the growth of knowledge-based economies, cities across the globe must compete to attract and retain the most talented workers. Seeking Talent for Creative Cities offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the diverse, dynamic factors that affect cities' ability to achieve this goal. Based on a comparative national study of 16 Canadian cities, this volume systematically evaluates the concerns facing workers operating in a range of creative endeavours. It draws on interviews, surveys, and census data collected over a six-year research program conducted by experts in business, public policy, urban studies, and communications studies to identify the characteristics and features of particular city-regions that influence these workers' mobility and satisfaction. Seeking Talent for Creative Cities represents a rigorously empirical test of popular wisdom on the true relationship between urban development and economic competitiveness." -- page [ii].

Contents:

Part I: Seeking talent for innovation

1. Attracting and retaining talent: evidence from Canada's city-regions / Meric S. Gertler, Kate Geddie, Carolyn Hatch, and Josephine V. Rekers

2. Attracting and retaining talent in Canadian cities: towards a holistic view? / Tara Vinodrai

Part II: Attracting creative sector workers

3. Cosmopolitanism, cultural diversity, and inclusion: attracting and retaining artistic talent in Toronto / Deborah Leslie, Mia A. Hunt, and Shauna Brail

4. Screenwriters in Toronto: centre, periphery, and exclusionary networks in Canadian screen storytelling / Charles H. Davis, Jeremy Shtern, Michael Coutanche, and Elizabeth Godo

5. Satisfaction guaranteed? Individual preferences, experiences, and mobility / Brian Hracs and Kevin Stolarick

6. "Those hermit artists": musical talent on the edge of the continent / Jill L Grant, Jeffry Haggett, and Jesse Morton

Part III: Attracting high technology workers

7. Attracting knowledge workers and the creative city paradigm: can we plan for talent in Montreal? / Sébastien Darchen and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

8. Talent, tolerance, and community in Saskatoon / Peter W.B. Phillips and Graeme Webb

9. Exploring "creative" talent in a natural resource-based centre: the case of Calgary / Camille D. Ryan, Ben Li, and Cooper H. Langford

10. Kingston and St John's: the role of relative location in talent attraction and retention / Josh Lepawsky, Heather Hall, and Betsy Donald

11. Small cities as talent accelerators: talent mobility and knowledge flows in Moncton / Yves Bourgeois

Part V: Innovating in talent attraction

12. What does the creative class approach add to the study of talent, creativity, and innovation in Canadian city-regions? / Bjørn T. Asheim.

Notes:

Comprend des références bibliographiques.

ISBN:

9781442647343

1442647345

9781442615441

1442615443

OCLC:

870680249