Arts Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Can Every City Be Austintatious? (Foundations and Trends(r) in Entrepreneurship)

Arts Entrepreneurship and Economic Development surveys the academic literature to provide a definition of arts entrepreneurship, delineate the characteristics of art entrepreneurs from other types of entrepreneurs, assess the best-practice strategies for cities promoting arts entrepreneurship, examine the proper role of government versus the private sector in promoting arts entrepreneurship, and to evaluate whether education and training can increase arts entrepreneurship. It concludes with prospects for the future of arts entrepreneurship.