?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Australia's+Creative+Economy%3A+Mapping+Methodologies&rft.creator=Higgs%2C+Peter&rft.creator=Cunningham%2C+Stuart&rft.subject=Abstract+Classification&rft.subject=Businesses&rft.subject=Creative+Industries&rft.subject=Cultural+Policy&rft.subject=Economy+Workforce&rft.subject=Employment&rft.subject=Industry+Mapping&rft.subject=Methodologies&rft.description=Attempts+to+measure+the+bundle+of+activities+termed+the+creative+industries+commenced+with+the+UK%C2%B9s+Department+of+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport+(DCMS)+release+in+1998+of+the+Creative+Industries+Mapping+Study.+Like+many+earlier+attempts+to+study+the+size+and+impact+of+the+cultural+industries%2C+these+focused+on+the+employment+and+business+activities+(within+selected+industrial+classifications)+of+either+census+of+industry+employment+or+surveys+of+businesses+within+industries.+The+Creative+Digital+Industries+National+Mapping+Project+undertaken+at+the+ARC+Centre+of+Excellence+for+Creative+Industries+%26amp%3B+Innovation+has+examined+the+methodologies+and+metrics+of+a+cultural+and+creative+industry+mapping+studies+and+have+built+a+robust+approach+for+measuring+the+employment+based+impact+of+cultural+and+creative+based+activities+across+the+economy.+The+results+of+the+QUT+methodology+reveals+that+previous+studies+have+underestimated+the+employment+impact+of+some+creative+sectors+by+up+to+50%25.+This+paper+examines+the+CCI+methodologies%2C+the+metrics+that+have+been+identified+as+useful+for+seeing+the+patterns+in+the+data+and+the+first+measurements+from+the+application+of+the+new+ruler+to+the+creative+and+related+industries.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Non-Traditional+Research+Output&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F225658%2F1%2F6228.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Higgs%2C+Peter+%26+Cunningham%2C+Stuart+(2007)+Australia's+Creative+Economy%3A+Mapping+Methodologies.+%5BArtefact%5D&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F225658%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+2007+(please+consult+author)&rft.rights=This+work+is+covered+by+copyright.+Unless+the+document+is+being+made+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+Licence%2C+you+must+assume+that+re-use+is+limited+to+personal+use+and+that+permission+from+the+copyright+owner+must+be+obtained+for+all+other+uses.+If+the+document+is+available+under+a+Creative+Commons+License+(or+other+specified+license)+then+refer+to+the+Licence+for+details+of+permitted+re-use.+It+is+a+condition+of+access+that+users+recognise+and+abide+by+the+legal+requirements+associated+with+these+rights.+If+you+believe+that+this+work+infringes+copyright+please+provide+details+by+email+to+qut.copyright%40qut.edu.au&rft.identifier=Creative+Industries+Faculty%3B+Institute+for+Creative+Industries+and+Innovation