How Are Cultural Industries Associated with Regional Innovation Systems?

Abstract

This study highlights the interaction between cultural industries and regional innovation systems in the U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in 2014–2015. This study finds that California plays an important role in cultural industries. Second, this study highlights that three MSAs (Los Angeles, CA; Providence, RI; and New York, NY) exhibit the most advanced cultural type, whereas thirty-three MSAs, such as Battle Creek, MI; Rome, GA; and Wenatchee, WA, show the most underdeveloped cultural type. Third, this study shows that cultural industries and patents interact positively with each other. The findings suggest that urban planners should consider their mutual relationships to develop cultural industries and regional innovation systems.