Designing for a Living? Income Determinants Among Firm Founders in the Dutch Design Sector

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-140

  Vankan, Arthur ^a   Frenken, Koen ^b   Castaldi, Carolina ^c  

^a Dialogic Innovatie and Interactie   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creative class; creative industries; design; ICT; localisation economies; spin off

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INCOME; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84896971718     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2014.896160     Document Type: Article

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