The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal
In a pandemic and post-pandemic environment, the consequences for the creative economy have been brutal and nefarious. Thus, this study aims to measure cities’ creativity performance, through a composite index, reported in the year 2021. In this sense, the results show that culture, the creative eco...
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| description | In a pandemic and post-pandemic environment, the consequences for the creative economy have been brutal and nefarious. Thus, this study aims to measure cities’ creativity performance, through a composite index, reported in the year 2021. In this sense, the results show that culture, the creative economy and enabling environment, as subdimensions of creativity, show that cities suffered a significant setback in their creative performance. However, this is currently being reversed so that creativity continues to contribute to the performance and growth of cities, whereby the formation of networks/partnerships as allies of the creative class and industries that characterise this dimension becomes even more important. This means that the creative class was one of the most affected by the pandemic, given that its activities are sustained mainly by the public, which corroborated recent studies. The study’s main contribution lies in the use of the Composite Index, in which it was concluded that creativity generates employment and wealth for a country’s economy. Finally, some limitations and avenues for future research were outlined. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47321055bd9e4a54a86f540f7e16992a2023-11-16T23:15:13ZengMDPI AGSmart Cities2624-65112023-02-016144546810.3390/smartcities6010021The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in PortugalMargarida Rodrigues0Mário Franco1Cidália Oliveira2Ana Pinto Borges3Rui Silva4CEFAGE-UBI Research Center, Department of Management, Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-209 Covilhã, PortugalCEFAGE-UBI Research Center, Department of Management and Economics, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-209 Covilhã, PortugalResearch Center REMIT-Research on Economics Management and Information Technologies, Department of Management, University of Minho, 4704-553 Braga, PortugalISAG—European Business School, 4100-442 Porto, PortugalCETRAD Research Center, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro—UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, PortugalIn a pandemic and post-pandemic environment, the consequences for the creative economy have been brutal and nefarious. Thus, this study aims to measure cities’ creativity performance, through a composite index, reported in the year 2021. In this sense, the results show that culture, the creative economy and enabling environment, as subdimensions of creativity, show that cities suffered a significant setback in their creative performance. However, this is currently being reversed so that creativity continues to contribute to the performance and growth of cities, whereby the formation of networks/partnerships as allies of the creative class and industries that characterise this dimension becomes even more important. This means that the creative class was one of the most affected by the pandemic, given that its activities are sustained mainly by the public, which corroborated recent studies. The study’s main contribution lies in the use of the Composite Index, in which it was concluded that creativity generates employment and wealth for a country’s economy. Finally, some limitations and avenues for future research were outlined.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/6/1/21creative citiespandemiccomposite indexsustainable developmentperformance |
| spellingShingle | Margarida Rodrigues Mário Franco Cidália Oliveira Ana Pinto Borges Rui Silva The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal Smart Cities creative cities pandemic composite index sustainable development performance |
| title | The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal |
| title_full | The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal |
| title_fullStr | The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal |
| title_short | The Pandemic and the Creative Performance of Cities: An Empirical Study in Portugal |
| title_sort | pandemic and the creative performance of cities an empirical study in portugal |
| topic | creative cities pandemic composite index sustainable development performance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/6/1/21 |
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