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    Re-articulating the creative hub concept as a model for business support in the local creative economy: the case of Mare Street in Hackney 
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    Re-articulating the creative hub concept as a model for business support in the local creative economy: the case of Mare Street in Hackney

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    Creativeworks London Working Paper Series
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    Abstract
    The literature on ‘creative hubs’ is scarce. Although the term is currently in wide use in policy circles, its actual meaning is not always clear. Accordingly, this paper aims to clarify what is meant by the ‘creative hub’ through the use of ethnographic work as well as a consolidation of the available literature. The findings suggest that although different creative hubs take on a number of different physical, spatial, organisational and operational manifestations they nonetheless can be understood as having four primary characteristics: first, they provide ‘creative’ services to creative SMEs, including micro-businesses; second, they are aimed specifically at early stage creative SMEs and micro-businesses; third, they are facilitated by trusted individuals who retain a number of important positions and conduct a number of important activities; and fourth, they have become important to the health of the local creative economy. This paper argues that the notion of the creative hub can be understood as a putative model for providing mainly business support in a local context for specifically the creative sector.
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    VIRANI, TE; Malem, W
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    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7251
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