Seeking Talent for Creative Cities : The Social Dynamics of Innovation / Jill Grant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grant, Jill, editor.

Series:

Innovation, creativity, and governance in Canadian city-regions.

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.

Canada.

Genre:

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation 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.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Foreword to the Series""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I Seeking Talent for Innovation""; ""1�Attracting and Retaining Talent: Evidence from Canada�s City-Regions""; ""2�Attracting and Retaining Talent in Canadian Cities: Towards a Holistic View?""; ""PART II Attracting Creative Sector Workers""; ""3�Cosmopolitanism, Cultural Diversity, and Inclusion: Attracting and Retaining Artistic Talent ""; ""4�Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Story""

""10�Kingston and St John�s: The Role of Relative Location in Talent Attraction and Retention""""11�Small Cities as Talent Accelerators: Talent Mobility and Knowledge Flows in Moncton""; ""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?""; ""Appendix A: Draft Interview Guide""; ""Contributors""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6794-X

1-4426-6793-1

OCLC:

872601370