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This chapter is the comprehensive analysis of the views presented in the bibliography and provides a framework for substantive research presented in the subsequent chapters. Thus, the chapter tries to answer the following research questions: how are “creative industries” currently being defined, which are the main differences between creative and traditional industries, which are the most important political fields in the creative economy and who are their primary stakeholders. This chapter is also trying to analyse the concept of entrepreneurship in the creative industries and those characteristics of creative entrepreneurs which probably distinguish them from others sectors of activities. Which is the new model of work in the frame of this sector, what is the role of cultural diffusion and which are the main barriers to the future development of the creative and cultural industries’ sector are three other questions for which we will try to find an answer in this chapter.

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    NACE (for the French term “nomenclature statistique des activites economiques dans la Communaute europeenne is the industry standard classification system used in the European Union.

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    Alina Hyz

  2. Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Arta, Greece

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Hyz, A., Karamanis, K. (2016). Theoretical Overview. In: Creative Industries in Greece. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40298-7_1

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