%0 Journal Article
%T Creative industries in Spain: a first view
%A Rafael Boix
%A Luciana Lazzeretti
%J Investigaciones Regionales
%D 2012
%I Asociaci¨Žn Espa?ola de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
%X Creativity is the ability to generate something new, merging data,perceptions and matters in order to produce new and useful things. About 22% ofthe Spanish employees belong to the  creative class  and about 5.7% of the productioncomes from the  creative industries . Despite these data, the general researchfocusing on the creative economy in Spain is poor. The aim of this article is to fillthis space by providing a general view of the creative economy in Spain, focusedon the  creative industries . The article introduces the basic theoretical aspects, themeasurement of creativity, compared data about production, employment and thelocation of creative industries, as well as the discussion about policy.
%K creativity
%K creative economy
%K creative industries
%K Spanish economy
%U http://www.aecr.org/images/ImatgesArticles/2012/5/09_BOIX.pdf