Florida = Cities and the Creative Class

Question 1

Common knowledge has held that..

Answer 1

growth is driven by companies, firms, and industries regionally that has led to a focus in research on clustering.

Question 2

So the question is why do firms cluster?

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Firms cluster so they can attract concentrations of talented people who power innovation and economic growth.

Question 3

Communities with weaker ties have been…

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replacing the strong bonds between neighbors of the past. This is the modern challenge of the desire for quasi-anonymity

Question 4

Human Capital Theory

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the key to regional growth lies not in reducing the costs of doing business, but in endowments of highly educated and productive people.

Question 5

The productivity effect comes from…

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the clustering of human capital as the critical factor in regional econ growth.

Question 6

Creative Capital Theory

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identifies creative people as being key to economic growth and identifies the underlying factors that lead to decision making of people.

Question 7

An area with a strong creative class are often…

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centers of innovation and high-tech industry.

Question 8

Talent has to be attracted so firms should…

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focus on that and human capital is a driving force