Territorial Imbalances in the Distribution of Creative Industries in the North-Eastern Development Region☆

Abstract This study aims to identify and analyse within territorial profile all the activities in the creative industry, an industry that increasingly tends to emerge in post-revolutionary Romania too. Another important element of the study is their territorial distribution in the North-Eastern Region and a set of recommendations for each relevant aspect, given that this region presents a low development level. The ultimate objective of the study is to draw specific recommendations for each of these poles of creativity in the North Eastern Region. The recommendations were developed individually depending on each one's specificity. To correctly identify and target these specific aspects, a detailed analysis was conceived on codes according to the National Classification of Economic Activities following certain indicators: the evolution of the number of firms, the evolution of the turnover, profit evolution, evolution of the number of employees. Latter analysis was performed evolutionary, between 2001-2011.