tailieunhanh - Arts culture & economic prosperity in Greater Philadelphia

The analysis is based on a comprehensive data-set covering all limited firms in Sweden during the period 1997-2005. HGFs are defined as the one percent fastest growing firms in the population. The population is continuing firms, ., firms existing throughout a particular time period. Firm growth is calculated over three, five and seven years. The total growth of firms is studied, ., the sum of organic and acquired growth. In general, the correlation between the nine groups of HGFs is low, suggesting that different firms are included among HGFs depending on definition. This difference is explained less by the choice. | Philadelphia cultural ALLIANCE Peggy Amsterdam President Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance One of the most frequent requests to the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is for the economic impact of the region s cultural sector. It is with great pleasure then that we present Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia the latest data available regarding the economic activity of our region s nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and their audiences. This report is the result of collaboration among many partners including Americans for the Arts the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project PACDP Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project and Drexel University s Arts Administration Graduate Program. We thank the cultural organizations whose participation in the PACDP made this report possible in particular those who allowed us to survey their audience members. We are also grateful to The Pew Charitable Trusts and the William Penn Foundation for their support of the Cultural Alliance and to Tom Scannepieco and 1706 Rittenhouse Associates for supporting the design printing and distribution of this report. We express sincere gratitude to our external reviewers board of directors and staff who guided the work through its inception and development. Much growth has occurred in our sector over the last decade. Through the information analysis and tools contained within this report we trust that Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia will help us all in the quest to continue building an ever-stronger more vibrant region. Tom Scannapieco Partner Joe Zuritsky Partner 1706 Rittenhouse Square Associates Over the past decade Greater Philadelphia has experienced remarkable growth. We are a vibrant thriving community and a model looked to by other regions for the renaissance that has transformed a region once in decline into the next great American city . Anyone who has witnessed Philadelphia s transformation of the past decade .