Keywords
entrepreneurship
strategies
location
urban space
How to Cite
Abstract
The text aims to explore the economic and spatial strategies followed by artists who run micro-firms. The authors analyse results of a qualitative study of independent artist enterprises in Kraków. It reveals that motivations for artistic entrepreneurship are diverse and foremost linked with the need to overcome challenges artists experience in the labour market and in the market for cultural goods and services. Different strategies translate into particular location choices as well as varied visibility of such firms in urban space.
Funding
The text was written following the research carried out within the research project on ‘Activities of artists in post-socialist cities: Socio-economic underpinnings and implications’ conducted in 2013–2017 and financed with a grant awarded by the National Science Centre, Poland, grant agreement no. UMO-2012/05/E/HS4/01601. The authors wish to thank all artists who took part in it.
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