The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries is a reference work, bringing together many of the world's leading scholars in the application of creativity in economics, business and management, law, policy studies, organization studies, and psychology. Creative industries research has become a regular theme in academic journals and conferences across these subjects and is also an important agenda for governments throughout the world, while business people from established companies and entrepreneurs revaluate and innovate their models in creative industries. The Handbook is organized into four parts: Following the editors' introduction, Part One on Creativity includes individual creativity and how this scales up to teams, social networks, cities, and labour markets. Part Two addresses Generating and Appropriating Value from Creativity, as achieved by agents and organizations, such as entrepreneurs, stars and markets for symbolic goods, and considers how performance is measured in the creative industries. Part Three covers the mechanics of Managing and Organizing Creative Industries, with chapters on the role of brokerage and mediation in creative industry networks, disintermediation and glocalisation due to digital technology, the management of project-based organzations in creative industries, organizing events in creative fields, project ecologies, Global Production Networks, genres and classification and sunk costs and dynamics of creative industries. Part Four on Creative Industries, Culture and the Economy offers chapters on cultural change and entrepreneurship, on development, on copyright, economic spillovers and government policy. This authoritative collection is the most comprehensive source of the state of knowledge in the increasingly important field of creative industries research. Covering emerging economies and new technologies, it will be of interest to scholars and students of the arts, business, innovation, and policy. The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries is a reference text that brings together many of the world's leading scholars in the application of creativity in economics, business and management, law, policy studies, organization studies and psychology. While creative industries research has become a regular theme across these subjects, this volume collects this knowledge in a single authoritative source. The Handbook is organized into five Parts: Following the editors' introduction, Part I on Creativity includes individual creativity, and how this scales up to teams, social networks, and cities. Part II addresses Valuing Creativity and Creating Value, including markets for symbolic goods, art auctions, labor markets, then value-creating agents and considers how performance is measured in the creative industries. Part III covers the dynamics of Organizing Creative Industries, with chapters on project ecologies, the management of project-based organizations in creative industries, organizing events in creative fields, user innovation, and niches, genres and classification. Part IV, Industrial Organization and Creative Economy, explains sunk costs and dynamics of creative industries, economic spillovers, the role of brokerage and mediation in creative industry networks, and disintermediation and glocalisation due to digital technology. Part V covers Policy and Development, offering chapters on copyright, government policy and how creative industries extend into Global Production Networks, affecting development. Covering emerging economies and new technologies, the Handbook will be of interest to scholars and students of the arts, business, innovation, and government. -- from back cover