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- Borén, Thomas, et al.
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A brief review of regulation for creative and cultural industries
- 2021
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report examines key elements of the European regulatory environment for the cultural and creative industries (CCI) and is part of Work Package 3 (Policy, regulatory and governance matrix of the CCI in Europe) of the CICERONE‐project (Creative Industries Cultural Economy Production Network, Grant No.: 822778). The focus of the report is on regulation within the EU that effect CCIs and their production networks and does not specifically address the myriad ways in which trade regulations and regulators effect CCIs. The perspective is based on the concept of Global Production Networks which suggests that the regulatory environment along the entire value chain of cultural production, and the places involved, needs to be considered together. The regulatory environment covering the CCIs encompasses both policy and legislation as well as it includes frameworks that exist at local, regional, national, EU, and supranational levels. In this report we discuss six key areas: (1) policy hierarchies and scalar and sectorial complexity; (2) regulation of work and contracts, with a focus on small actors and protected designations;( 3) content and production regulation, including notions of quotas, arm‐length’s distance and the new political landscape in Europe; (4) intellectual property rights regulation; (5) competition regulation, monopolies, and platform economies; (6) and regulation for the digital single market. Throughout the report we highlight possibilities that may be considered in policy to further support the CCIs.
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- Bråtå, Hans Olav, et al.
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Users’ role in innovation processes in the sports equipment industry : experiences and lessons
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The main objective of this project is to contribute to our knowledge about user-driven innovation and to suggest how knowledge on user-driven innovation may be included in innovation efforts and systems both for the sports equipment industry and for other industries. The study is primarily based on case studies of how firms within the Nordic sports equipment and outdoor industry involve users in their innovation efforts. Our studies concentrate on firms producing equipment for winter sport and outdoor recreation. The study builds upon a large number of interviews with firms and key persons as well as extensive analysis of available written material and research literature. The results focus on the identification of certain key user groups in the sports equipment innovation cycle: user innovators, professional and sponsored users, enthusiastic amateurs, passionate insiders and chains and retailers. We consider the extent to which these users influence or take part in innovation processes within technical design, visual design, branding and the development of product systems. The report concludes with policy recommendations for how firms may take advantage of each user group. In this respect we present some key points and examples on firms’ interaction with users in innovation processes. Other recommendations consider public policy and suggest that public policy ought to encourage firms to take advantage of knowledge held by those groups. In society a large number of user groups exist and public policy ought to stimulate use of their knowledge for a broader purpose, including societal development. Merging user groups in order to stimulate cross sector development, in addition to organising meeting places may be a theme for public policy at the regional level.
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- Collins, Patrick, et al.
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A co-evolving cultural cluster in the periphery : Film and TV production in Galway, Ireland
- 2019
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Ingår i: City, Culture and Society. - : Elsevier BV. - 1877-9166 .- 1877-9174. ; 18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we trace the co-evolution of a set of industries and supporting institutions in the Film and television (TV) industry in one of Europe’s most peripheral regions. It is a comprehensive overview of the key stages of development, from inception to sustainability with key roles enacted by a diverse set of actors, from community activists to the current Irish President. This work contributes to the growing literature that is focussing attention on the growth of creative economy activity beyond the city. We pay particular attention to the role played by firms, institutions and geography and their co-evolution towards a cluster of cultural activity in Galway, Ireland.
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- Hauge, Atle, et al.
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Quality, difference and regional advantage : The case of the winter sports industry
- 2013
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Ingår i: European Urban and Regional Studies. - : SAGE Publications. - 0969-7764 .- 1461-7145. ; 20:4 SI, s. 385-400
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- his paper addresses the role of quality, difference and differentiation in the value both producers and consumers attach to products and firms. It is argued that analysis of urban andregional competitiveness needs to be complemented by a renewed focus on the vital role thatquality plays in competitiveness as well as an understanding of geographies of product differenceand differentiation. Debates on economic development and resilience need to focus on innovation but also on how through making and providing quality goods and services - that may be based on the latest technologies or equally on age-old craft traditions - firms secure and develop competitive strengths. But since quality is always a value co-constructed in a negotiation between the consumer and producer, processes of identification and differentiation are formative. A case study of two developments in winter sport equipment is used to exemplify an industry in whichquality is both an entry condition as well as a major factor in differentiation and valuation. The case illustrates the roles of producer-led innovation and user-led innovation in equipment innovation; and that the appreciation of products' quality, value and differentiation rests in interactions between producers, intermediaries and led-users in localized and regional settings. Focusing on the geographies of quality and differentiation is suggested to be important not only for firms but also for urban and regional policy. Regional advantage may partly rest upon how actors come together to co-construct notions of quality and difference: notions that can have lasting effects on regional competitiveness.
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- Jansson, Johan, 1974-, et al.
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Constructing Scandinavian design : Cyclical clusters in global circuits
- 2009
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper explores the notion that the ‘origins’ of cultural products are built up in a dialectical relationship between the products of a cultural cluster and its place. Traditionally, research on cultural agglomerations has posited direct links between products and place: Hollywood films, Paris fashion, Italian design. It has been thought that regional and industrial success can be at least partly explained by mutual reinforcing effects: the industry adds to the local/regional brand and vice versa. This view, we suggest, is too one dimensional to explain the ‘origins’ of cultural products or to explain how origins embed a place. In particular, we suggest that understandings of connections between cultural products and place must be put in the context of the role ‘cyclical clusters’ in global circuits have in the ongoing constitution and reconstitution of spatial identifiers and brands. The paper uses the example of ‘Scandinavian Design’ which in its 50 year history has become an important identifier and brand used by design, architecture and fashion consumers and industries around the world to imbue cultural products and firms with various intangible values. The paper uses the example to show that: (i) industrial narratives can be crucial to producing imagined geographies of cultural production; and (ii) that such narratives of place have complex geographies that should be understood less in terms of their roots in that place than in terms of their roots in discursive fields played out through cyclical clusters in global circuits. The paper concludes by suggesting that we must go beyond thinking about cultural products ‘origins’ in terms of place-based constructs and instead think about how spatial narratives are constructed in global circuits of overlapping spaces that are timed and arranged in such a way that spaces can be reproduced, reenacted and renewed over time.
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- Jansson, Johan, 1974-, et al.
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Fashioning a Global City : Global City Brand Channels in the Fashion and Design Industries
- 2010
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Ingår i: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 44:7, s. 889-904
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper approaches the ways in which fashion and design-based industrial actors contribute to creating images and myths that support global-city status. It is suggested that multi-channel systems of brand building and differentiation exist at regional and local levels, supportive of, and constituted by, cultural industries. The Italian city of Milan is used as a case study to show how the city is an arena where different brand channels are negotiated and formed to service fashion and design branding. For cultural industries, these systems are vital regional sources of advantage and necessary complements to other localized phenomena such as industrial agglomerations and clusters.
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- Lange, Bastian, et al.
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Geographies of field-configuring events
- 2014
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Ingår i: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie. - 0044-3751. ; 58:4, s. 187-201
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper treats the concept of ‘field-configuring events’ (FCE) and relates it to economic geographical research. The FCE approach attempts to draw attention to the role of events in fields of economic and social action and suggests that events can be important to introducing, structuring, maintaining and configuring new products, industrial standards, cultural artefacts and knowledge categories. The FCE approach has primarily been used to study the actors and networks associated with events such as trade shows, professional gatherings, technology contests, cultural tournaments, industrial exhibitions and business ceremonies: events where actors assemble to reveal novel prod- ucts, develop industry designs, initiate cultural trends, create social networks, and allocate meaning to previously unfamiliar circumstances. In this introductory paper, we identify the main research tra- jectories in FCE and link these to economic geography by identifying some common lines of thinking apparent in economic geography, management and organisational studies. The paper moves on to investigate the nature of the “field”, “configuration” and “events” from a geographic perspective, and to emphasize the role that space and power play as a structuring mechanisms in all three. We conclude that the FCE approach can function as a useful tool for geographical analysis of the increasing fluid and episodic contours of the contemporary space economy.
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- Poorthuis, Ate, et al.
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Attentional Social Media : Mapping the Spaces and Networks of the Fashion Industry
- 2020
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Ingår i: Annals of the Association of American Geographers. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0004-5608 .- 1467-8306. ; 110:4, s. 941-966
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we use big data methods to analyze the attention paid to the fashion industry on social media. The article argues that for the fashion industry, like many industries, the core product is a form of knowledge that is dependent on gaining and holding people’s attention. To understand this attentional economy, social media offers a unique window because it is increasingly a central space within which fashion knowledge is created and shared. Using long-term, geotagged big data from Twitter, we analyze the hitherto difficult-to-explore spaces and places of the global fashion industry. The article suggests that the data confirm the ideas that there are a series of global fashion capitals that are especially important to the industry and that attention paid to fashion is highly uneven and varied across industry functions, national origins, and companies. Evidence is presented that attention to fashion is a global phenomenon that does not always directly link to where fashion products are sold. Attention to fashion is both a market-making mechanism for the industry as well as an indicator of wider social and cultural processes of tastemaking and identity formation within which fashion is entwined. The article concludes by suggesting that such data offer geographers new ways of looking at and linking economic, social, and cultural spaces and geographies and that social media analysis can help bridge boundaries that divide geographers.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-
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A Response to Scott
- 2014
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Ingår i: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 48:4, s. 579-582
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Power D. A response to Scott, Regional Studies. This paper deals with two main issues. First, it addresses the issue of how we tackle the status of the creative city discourse and how we should understand and react to policy in third-wave cities. Second, it discusses the issue of where we see the lines of stratification and division between people and workers in third-wave cities. This paper responds to some of the suggestions contained in the article by Allen J. Scott in this issue.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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Consumer contribution to product development in the nordic sports industry : Passionate consumers pose benefits for and challenges to companies
- 2010
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Ingår i: T<em>he Roots and Fruits of the Nordic Consumer Research</em>. - Vaasa : VAASAN YLIOPISTON JULKAISUJA. - 9789524763325
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The sports industry is a pioneer in involving consumers in product development. Four key consumer and user groups can be identified in Nordic product development of sports equipment and services: user innovators, professional users, enthusiastic amateurs, and passionate insiders. The identified groups all comprise of passionate consumers and users, which are willing to co-operate with companies because of mutual benefit of better product development. While this approach has proven fruitful for the Nordic sports companies, we argue that attention should also be paid to non-passionate consumers.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-
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Culture, Creativity and Experience in Nordic and Scandinavian Cultural Policy
- 2009
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Ingår i: The International Journal of Cultural Policy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1028-6632 .- 1477-2833. ; 15:4, s. 445-460
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article examines the impact that the 'creative industries' discourse which originated in the UK has had in the Scandinavian and Nordic countries. It is argued that the diversity of the region and the various national policy contexts make it hard to identify any one legacy. The discourse does, however, fit neatly into wider discourses within economic and regional planning that emphasise the roles of cultural and creative activities in industrial transformation and the knowledge economy. It is suggested that despite difficulties defining both 'creative industries' and 'Scandinavia' there is a role for cross-border policies aimed at supporting commercial actors through the exploitation of regional economies of scale and scope.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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Culture, creativity and urban development
- 2010
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Ingår i: Handbook of Local and Regional Development. - London : Routledge. - 9780415548311 ; , s. 162-171
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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Peripheral visions : the film and television industry in Galway, Ireland
- 2021
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Ingår i: Industry and Innovation. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1366-2716 .- 1469-8390. ; 28:9, s. 1150-1174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper attempts to blur the periphery versus centre binary by considering the emergence of a small, but vibrant, agglomeration of cultural industries in Galway, Ireland. Key agents in this story include postcolonial activists, Irish language supporters, Hollywood directors, and local politicians. This is an example of an industry agglomeration in a ‘peripheral’ setting and in the context of a threatened language. Language, culture and community are argued to be fundamental to the case and can be traced back to an underrepresented community finding a voice for itself. It is argued that studies of industry and innovation should not ignore small scale or peripheral cases; that being in the periphery can be an asset in terms of entrepreneurship, creative freedom and field formation; that periphery must be set in a relational framework; and that the medium of cultural production must be part of understanding industrial dynamics and innovation.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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Place-based brands : Product origin, brand channels and global circuits
- 2014
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Ingår i: Branding Chinese Mega-cities. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781783470327 ; , s. 220-231
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Traditionally, both the business and research worlds have posited direct links between products and place: Hollywood films, Paris fashion, and Swiss watches. It has been thought that regional and industrial success can at least partly be explained by mutually reinforcing effects: a locally embedded industry adds to the brand and vice versa. In this chapter, we argue that this view does not fully explain the 'origins' of products nor does it explain fully how origins embed a place. We explore the notion that the 'origins' of products can be considered to be 'collective brands' with considerable power. As such, they are built up in a dialectical relationship between product industries and their places. Understandings of the connections between products and places could benefit from thinking about the role and geographies of 'brand channels' (Jansson and Power 2010) in which brands are constantly worked on. These brand channels are the spaces and conduits for the messages and various iterations that brands rest upon. However, just because the brand is about one place does not mean that the channels are constructed and transmitted locally. Rather, we argue that it is important to think of brand channels as being rooted in a relational space where brands are constantly reworked and renewed in global circuits (Sassen 2002).
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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Policy frameworks for production networks in the creative and cultural sector
- 2023
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Rapport (refereegranskat)abstract
- The deliverable discusses the need for a comprehensive understanding of Europe's cultural and creative sector (CCS), emphasizing the importance of looking beyond national boundaries and recognizing the complexity of its products and activities. Traditional approaches have focused on supporting a perceived core of the CCS, assuming that it would lead to overall sector growth. However, CICERONE advocates for examining the production networks that underlie the sector. This involves tracing the various stages of production involved in cultural and creative goods and services, revealing the diverse range of actors, industries, and locations involved. The deliverable asserts that having a clear perspective and reliable data are crucial for effective policy-making in this domain.The deliverable highlights the global production network (GPN) approach as a more encompassing perspective for understanding the CCS. Instead of focusing solely on individual creators or producers, this approach examines the interconnections between different activity points and how these linkages are governed. It suggests the need for both reforming existing data and generating new types of data to gain a comprehensive view of the sector. The CICERONE project aims to provide new concepts, mobilization efforts, and information resources to articulate a policy framework for the CCS. Ultimately, this deliverable emphasizes the importance of understanding the entire journey of cultural and creative products, from conception to distribution and archiving, in order to identify where value is created, lost, and how policy can have a positive impact.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-
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The difference principle? Shaping competitive advantage in the cultural product industries
- 2010
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Ingår i: Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0435-3684 .- 1468-0467. ; 92:2, s. 145-158
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article argues that due to the endless substitution possibilities open to consumers of cultural products, firms’ competitive advantage rests as much upon positionality and differentiation as upon traditional forms of intellectual property such as copyrights and trademarks. However, the construction of positionality and differentiation may entail geographies and milieus other than associated with product origination and creation. The article suggests that existing models of regional growth and innovation systems must, and can, be adapted to fit firms and sectors where competitiveness is not only based on traditional types of intellectual property (such as copyrights or patents) but also differential property (such as marketplace positionality). The idea of regional systems supportive of differentiation (and market positionality) means we must reappraise some of our notions of what constitute supportive regional conditions. To this end a revised version of the cluster model of regional competitive advantage is presented: one which attempts to be more tailored to industries where intellectual property and differentiation are the core products.
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- Power, Dominic, 1973-, et al.
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The emergence of a post-industrial music economy? : Music and ICT synergies in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2004
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Ingår i: Geoforum. - Oxford : Pergamon. - 0016-7185 .- 1872-9398. ; 35:4, s. 425-439
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research into the music industry has for a long time been almost exclusively dominated by a focus on the production of albums and songs. In recent years, however, cities such as Stockholm have seen the growth of a profitable and varied music services industry producing everything from remixes to music marketing strategies. Standing at the forefront of this growth industry are a large number of firms attempting to combine in innovative ways music and ICT. This can take a variety of forms, for instance: selling and distributing music over the internet; web design and computerised advertising services tailored to music products; software design focused on multimedia products and virtual instruments; high-tech post-production and mixing services; and virtual centres and communities of music industry actors. The article will examine these activities within the city in attempt to measure the direction and cohesiveness of the emerging sector. The article concludes by arguing that these type of new industrial synergies tell us much about the way industrial innovations are formed in an inter-industry and inter-cluster environment, and the future competitiveness and shape of the music industry. In particular, the article argues that evidence from Stockholm points to the emergence of a post-industrial musical economy.
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