Kourtit, KarimaNijkamp, Peter2016-11-212016-11-212012Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 31 (4), 2012, pp. 19-31.978-83-62662-62-30137- 477Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/15664This paper focuses attention on a quantitative analysis of the creative sector. After a selective and concise literature review, it discusses three important methodological advances, viz. a spatial-econometric approach, a non-parametric business performance analysis based on Data Envelopment Analysis, and finally, a comprehensive and integrated modelling framework in which a so-called ‘Flying Disc’ model is used as a tool for specifying and estimating a Structural Equations Model. The paper offers finally some concluding remarks.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesscreative sectorcreative industriesbusiness performance analysisFlying Disc modelStructural Equations Modelnew economyknowledge-based societydata envelopment analysisstrategic performance managementspatial distributiongeographical determinantsArtykuł