Cities and the Creative Class Richard Florida∗ Carnegie Mellon University Cities and regions have long captured the imagination of sociologists‚ economists‚ and urbanists. From Alfred Marshall to Robert Park and Jane Jacobs‚ cities have been seen as cauldrons of diversity and difference and as fonts for creativity and innovation. Yet until recently‚ social scientists concerned with regional growth and development have focused mainly on the role of firms in cities‚ and particularly on how
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.....xxvi PART 1. THE CREATIVE ECONOMY Chapter 1. 1.1 Concept and context of the creative economy 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 1.1.10 1.1.11 1.1.12 1.1.13 3 Evolving concepts and definitions ........................................................................................3 Creativity ......................................................................................................................................3 Creative goods and services ...
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Creative Laziness Laziness is a state of mind. A person is said to be in a lazy state of mind with respect to a task when he is not properly motivated to do the task. Lack of motivation to do a task can spring up from many causes such as physical lethargy‚ lack of reinforcement in the form of rewards‚ failure to value the reward intended for the task appropriately‚ preoccupation of mind with some other things which is important to the person concerned‚ lack of interest in
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outcomes such as productivity and quality; because creative thinking increases the quality of solutions to organizational problems‚ helps to stimulate profitable innovations‚ revitalizes motivation‚ upgrades personal skills and catalyzes effective team performance. Therefore organizations must motivate creative thinking because it is obvious that the success of businesses in the rapidly changing future will be determined by their ability to become more creative. Definition of Creativity: Creativity is
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Creative Accounting Creative accounting is a term that often implies illegal or fraudulent practices in the U.S. (Moneyterms‚ 2006). The objective of the following paragraphs is to explore some definitions of creative accounting from different perspectives‚ discuss some advantages and disadvantages of creative accounting‚ and explain a real life example of creative accounting. Through these paragraphs I hope to also touch upon some of the ethical issues involved in engaging in creative accounting
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Abstract: Creative accounting is a practice of accounting following the certain rules of it‚ but it is fluctuated from the basic spirit of those rules. Creative accounting is the ‘colorful’ representation of a company’s assets‚ liabilities and income. It is basically done to attract investors. The example of ‘the half glass of water’ maybe pulled to explain the idea. If a glass is filled with water to its half volume‚ then instead of saying ‘it is half empty’‚ the creative accountants prefer
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International Journal of Trade‚ Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 6‚ December 2011 Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah‚ Safdar Butt‚ and Yasir Bin Tariq India who are always short of this product. It takes three years for a cement plant to start production. By the time the new plants came into production in late nineties‚ the country’s economic scenario had changed. The government had no money for development‚ the economy was generally in recession‚ and
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Exhibit 4: Survey Questions for Power users - Medium/Large corporates 13 Exhibit 5: Survey Questions for Power users - Student/Faculty/Individuals 14 Exhibit 6: Survey Questions for One-time Users - Student/Faculty/Individuals 15 Exhibit 7: Adobe Creative Cloud Plan Options 16 Exhibit 8: Adobe Systems Income Statement 17 Additional References 18 Company Background Adobe Systems Incorporated is a multinational software company headquartered in San Jose‚ California‚ United States. Adobe was
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Part A - Background and Business Profile of Creative Technology Ltd Creative Technology is a publicly listed‚ Singapore-based company founded in July 1981 by a Singaporean Sim Wong Hoo and is a market leader in digital entertainment products. He first set up a small shop in Singapore together with his classmates; developing and selling add on memory boards for Apple II computers and later began building Personal Computers for retail with initial start-up of $6000 from Sim’s own savings. Their
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GRADE 10 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE PAPER 3 NOVEMBER 2011 2 ½ HOURS‚ 100 MARKS INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections: SECTION A: Creative Writing (50 marks) SECTION B: Longer Transactional Texts (30 marks) SECTION C: Shorter Transactional Texts (20 marks) SECTION D: Reference/Informational/Visual and Multi-media Texts 2. Candidates are required to answer ONE question from EACH section. 3. THE WRITING PROCESS 3.1 There must be clear evidence
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