The effectiveness of creative enterprise policies: What programmes work?

Author: Dr Stephen Knox, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Stirling

PDF Published: Friday 29 Sep 2023 (SB 23-37)

This infographic sets out a theoretical approach to assessing policy to support creative enterprises; policy aims to deliver economic growth through either increasing the individual capacity of creative practitioners, or improving the institutional capacity to support the wider sector.

Image: Figure 1: Creative enterprise policy initial programme theory

Training and advice programmes deliver three types of short term benefits; developing a personal growth mindset, creating cultural value, and providing business development.

Image: Figure 2: What are the short-term benefits of training and advice programmes?

Financial initiatives can be in the form of loans, small grants for practitioners, large grants for intermediary organisations or research and development funds.

Image: Figure 3: What are the benefits of finance initiatives

Place based initiatives deliver three types of benefits for events, festivals and attractions, for regional networks, and for arts centres, buildings and renovation.

Image: Figure 4: What are the benefits of place-based initiatives

The four archetypes identified for individual capacity building programmes are; training and advice, peer networking, finance and exhibitions.

Image: Figure 5: Individual capacity building programmes

The four programme archetypes identified to build institutional capacity are; infrastructure, event and festival programmes, regional networks, and R&D funds.

Image: Figure 6: Institutional capacity building programmes

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