• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Seeking Talent for Creative Cities : The Social Dynamics of Innovation
  • Contains: Frontmatter -- ; 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 / Gertler, Meric S. / Geddie, Kate / Hatch, Carolyn / Rekers, Josephine V. --
    2 Attracting and Retaining Talent in Canadian Cities: Towards a Holistic View? / Vinodrai, Tara --
    PART II: Attracting Creative Sector Workers -- ; 3 Cosmopolitanism, Cultural Diversity, and Inclusion: Attracting and Retaining Artistic Talent in Toronto / Leslie, Deborah / Hunt, Mia A. / Brail, Shauna --
    4 Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling / Davis, Charles H. / Shtern, Jeremy / Coutanche, Michael / Godo, Elizabeth --
    5 Satisfaction Guaranteed? Individual Preferences, Experiences, and Mobility / Hracs, Brian J. / Stolarick, Kevin --
    6 “Those Hermit Artists”: Musical Talent on the Edge of the Continent / Grant, Jill L. / Haggett, Jeffry / Morton, Jesse --
    PART III: Attracting High-Technology Workers -- ; 7 Attracting Knowledge Workers and the Creative City Paradigm: Can We Plan for Talent in Montreal? / Darchen, Sébastien / Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle --
    8 Talent, Tolerance, and Community in Saskatoon / Phillips, Peter W. B. / Webb, Graeme --
    9 Exploring “Creative” Talent in a Natural Resource–Based Centre: The Case of Calgary / Ryan, Camille D. / Li, Ben / Langford, Cooper H. --
    PART IV: Seeking Talent for Small Cities -- ; 10 Kingston and St John’s: The Role of Relative Location in Talent Attraction and Retention / Lepawsky, Josh / Hall, Heather / Donald, Betsy --
    11 Small Cities as Talent Accelerators: Talent Mobility and Knowledge Flows in Moncton / Bourgeois, Yves --
    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? / Asheim, Bjørn T. --
    Appendix A: Draft Interview Guide -- ; Contributors
  • Contributor: Grant, Jill [Editor]
  • Published: Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018
    Online-Ausg.
  • Published in: Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource; 16 tables, 10 figures
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3138/9781442667938
  • ISBN: 9781442667938
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  • Keywords: Cities and towns Canada Growth Case studies ; Cultural industries Canada Case studies ; Diffusion of innovations Canada Case studies ; Sociology, Urban Canada Case studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: De Gruyter - University Press Pilot Project. eBook available to select US libraries only
    In English
    Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
  • Description: 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
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