Abstract:
The creative class exerts a strong influence on establishing new businesses and jobs. Usually, talented people
create new ideas and implement them. This leads to an increased innovation level in companies. The purpose
of this article is to present the development of the creative sector in Poland. Information and knowledge
play an important role in the knowledge-based economy. Members of the society are talented in terms of using
their knowledge to enhance creativity in companies. Consequently, the creative sector is rapidly growing
recently. Creative sectors generally encompass economic sectors which develop through innovativeness and
creativity. Thus, the creative industry is a combination of creativity and entrepreneurship. Creative industries
are considered to be the equivalent of cultural industries and experience economy depending on the
criteria adopted. Since creativity is multifaceted in nature a straight forward definition is not possible. Development
of the creative industry is driven by dynamic and mobile companies, which manufacture unique
products and are frequently organized into networks. In recent years, the importance of creative sectors and
their influence on economic growth attracted interest of politics, in particular, in the context of formulating
and implementing support programmes. Ideas formulated in creative sectors may contribute to the development
of the sector, its branches and other fields of the economy.
