Position

PhD Student 

Research Interests

Creative industries; creative entrepreneurship; business models; urban studies; urban development;

Short bio

Ieva holds a master’s degree in Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2012) and a bachelor’s degree in Intercultural Relations (Latvian Academy of Culture, 2010).

Her PhD project focus on the business models of creative enterprises and the effects of these on various aspects of their performance. Her project is a part of a research project developed in collaboration with Rotterdam School of Management and funded by NWO – “The Battle of the souls: Cultural and business orientations of creative firms and their effect on business models, growth and internationalization”.  Ieva works under the supervision of Prof. dr. Dany Jacobs. 

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