This paper explores the manufacture of jewellery in Birmingham’s established jewellery quarter. The focus is on identifying and exploring the factors that lie behind the continued existence of this industry in Birmingham.  read more »

Evolution of the unique place of innovation and invention is complemented by the recent discussions regarding the significance of creativity. While the industrialization process of nations and the endogenous growth theorists underline the need for the protection and subsidization of the innovation, we find it necessary to include the output of creativity into the process.  read more »

Creativity is commonly viewed as a collective process involving the co- ordination of a variety of individuals who interact in a dense network and in uence one another through time. In this paper, we study the evolution of the network of collaboration among artists in the particular case of the Blue Note jazz label.  read more »