The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent

By Richard Florida. 2005

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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A Dynamic Perspective on Next-Generation Offshoring: The Global Sourcing of Science and Engineering Talent (2008, background): “…Offshoring trends, drivers, risks, location choices, savings, . . . (surveys; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics) Global race for talent Florida (2004, 2005), Frymire (2006), Hansen (2006), Lewin & Peeters (2006) Books, popular press Prediction of a global race for talent in a…”
A policy agenda for EU smart growth: the role of creative and cultural industries (2011, background): “The European debate on creative and cultural industries has been slow to take off and it is fair to say that it has been driven by the dynamism of the UK (DCMS 1998, 2007) and US (Florida 2003, 2005, 2010) contributions, where the academic and policy discourses focused more upon creative industries.”
It Takes a Village (2008, background): “In The Rise of the Creative Class (2002) cities are rank-ordered on a creative index that contains the combined presence of technology firms, talented individuals, (the percentage of people in the city with at least a college degree) and various measures for tolerance (bohemians, ethnic diversity an”
Are International Students Cash Cows? Examining the Relationship Between New International Undergraduate Enrollments and Institutional Revenue at Public Colleges and Universities in the US (2015, background): “Others have made the more general argument that in addition to direct tuition payments international students bring skills and creativity that contribute to innovation and economic growth (Florida, 2007; Tremblay, 2005).”
The “creative class” in the uk: an initial analysis (2008, background): “A third approach, associated with Richard Florida, emphasizes the role of creative capital, arguing that certain underlying conditions of places, such as their ability to attract creative people and be open to diversity, inform innovation and growth.2 Further independent research by Robert Cushing (”
Universities as key knowledge infrastructures in regional innovation systems (2006, background): “…of the universities derives from their role in the knowledge generation and transfer process that underpins the success of regions in attracting and retaining high value-added activities in the form of mobile capital and talent (Florida, 2005) or through processes of endogenous development.”
Social Capital and Economic Performance: A Meta-analysis of 65 Studies (2010, background): “Among the norms and values that according to the literature should have an impact on national economic development we can find risk propensity (Knight, 1921), entrepreneurial attitudes (Weber, 1904–1905/1930), creativity (Andersson, 1985, Florida, 2002, 2005) and tolerance (Florida, 2002, 2005).”
Financialization and U.S. Income Inequality, 1970–20081 (2011, neutral): “Global competition for high-skilled labor might also increase their compensation ðFlorida 2005; Abella 2006Þ. Financialization and U.S. Income Inequality Morris and Western ð1999Þ reviewed the limitations of market explanations, suggesting that research should focus on institutional shifts such as…”
Cities and Regions Competing in the Global Economy: Knowledge and Local Development Policies (2007, background): “The scale of competition may be global, as in the case of talented scientists, engineers, and others whose work involves creativity and expert problem solving (Florida, 2005).”
Why are companies offshoring innovation? The emerging global race for talent (2009, positive): “The results reported in this paper have to be placed in the context of the broader phenomenon of increased globalization of human capital (Florida, 2005; Friedman, 2005) and emerging global talent pool (Levin Institute, 2005).”
Freedom from constraints: Darkness and dim illumination promote creativity (2013, background): “Introduction During the last 30 years, research on creativity and innovation has gained increasing interest because knowledge workers’ innovativeness largely determines companies’ competiveness and survival in a knowledge-based economy (Florida, 2005; Lepak & Snell, 2002).”