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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838365803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]

©2014

ISBN

1-4426-6794-X

1-4426-6793-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions

Disciplina

307.760971

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Canada - Growth

Sociology, Urban - Canada

Cultural industries - Canada

Diffusion of innovations - Canada

Municipal government - Canada

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation