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Freelance as a Creative Mode of Self-employment in a New Economy (a Literature Review)

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Self-employment, as an economic and labour phenomenon, contributes noticeably to the economy of many countries. This paper presents an analytical review of the literature of 1970–2017, on the subject of self-employment and freelance as a new form of self-employment, and reveals tendencies and perspectives for the development of self-employment in context of the processes of globalisation and the forming and formation of a new (creative, knowledge and innovation) economy or a creative creativity economy.

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Baitenizov, D.T., Dubina, I.N., Campbell, D.F.J. et al. Freelance as a Creative Mode of Self-employment in a New Economy (a Literature Review). J Knowl Econ 10, 1–17 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-018-0574-5

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