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T-Shirts and Suits. Download chapters from the book
Download chapters in PDF format from the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ Creativity and Business (PDF, 92KB)Download creativity_and_business. Excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits. A Guide to the Business of Creativity.pdf The Magic of Marketing (PDF, 92KB)Download the_magic_of_marketing. Excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits. A Guide to the Business of Creativity.pdf …
Your creativity – hobby, job or business?
Creative Times. October 2006 It’s natural for creative people to want to make a career out of their creativity. But it doesn’t necessarily follow that creativity automatically qualifies a person for a job – or guarantees they can build a successful business from their creativity. Read more
Your creativity – a hobby, a job, or a business?
It’s natural for creative people to want to make a career out of their creativity. But it doesn’t necessarily follow that creativity automatically qualifies a person for a job – or guarantees they can build a successful business from their creativity. For those about to embark on a journey into creative enterprise, the first question …
Co-opetition
Co-opetition is a business strategy which combines co-operation and competition, based on the concept that business competitors can benefit when they work together. The co-opetition business model is based on games theory, a scientific approach to understanding various strategies and outcomes through specifically designed games. Businesses succeed by combining cooperative strategies with competitive strategies. Other …
Why you should help your competitors…
Creative Times. October 2005 Sometimes your creative competitors can be ideal collaborators. By imaginatively combining co-operation and competition we can create ‘Co-opetition’. More about Co-opetition
UNESCO project – sharing best practice in the creative industries internationally
I am working with UNESCO’s Global Alliance on a new project to explore and disseminate best practice in the creative industries internationally. UNESCO Global Alliance. Sharing Best Practice in the Creative Industries. An international project to research and publish best practice in cultural enterprises I will work closely with UNESCO’s Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity …
Ideas in Action – JAB Design
JAB Design, a design consultancy based in Liverpool, is a great example of a creative business using business thinking to make their creative enterprise even more successful. JAB Design features as an ‘Ideas in Action’ case study in the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’. This section of the book …
T-Shirts and Suits. The Book
by David Parrish First published November 2005 by Merseyside ACMEReprinted November 2006 with new foreword by Shaun Woodward MP, Minister for Creative Industries.ISBN 9780953825448. Paperback £15.00 (UK) The book provides both inspiration and practical advice for all those involved in running or setting up a creative business. David Parrish draws on his own experience of …
Creating Interprises
Creating ‘Interprises’ – how to make successful collaborations between creative enterprises. Successful collaborations between creative enterprises –‘Interprises’ – are formed when there is an alignment of several factors between the businesses involved. Some of the important issues that need to be considered and worked through in devising an effective Interprise can be described as the …