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This paper focus on how localization is addressed in research on game development processes. The research aim is to get an understanding of how localization, game localization and its subsets of content and cultural issues, linguistic issues and technical issues are addressed and discussed in game development research. This has been done through a literature study, where 488 papers regarding game development processes have been scrutinized in order to identify game localization related research. The results shows that localization is rarely addressed in game development research, but regional aspects and relevant concepts related to game localization can be found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section presents abstracts of several business policy and strategy conferences held in the U.S. as of August 2003. 'Complementary Resources and the Prediction of Post-Acquisition Performance,' by David R. King, Rebecca J. Slotegraaf, Idalene F. Kesner and Tom Lenz shows that acquisitions, on average, do not improve firm performance. 'Exploring Competing Motivations Behind the Acquisition of High-Technology Targets,' by David R. King represents a significant contribution by demonstrating conflicting findings in existing merger and acquisition research may result from alternate motivations behind merger and acquisition activity. 'Strategic Inertia Determinants: Analyzing the Size, Middle Manager, and Competitive Intensity Mix,' by Willie Edward Hopkins, Ajay Menon, Christian Homburg and Shirley Ann Hopkins, revisits firm size as a determinant of strategic inertia. 'Restructuring in Japanese Companies: Foreign Ownership, Strategic Investments, and Firm Performance' by Parthiban David, Toru Yoshikawa and Abdual A. Rasheed shows that foreign ownership leads to reduction in research and development and capital expenditures as well as improvement in performance, especially for firms with high free cash flow that are likely to have the most severe agency problems.

The entertainment and media industry is seen to transform at an unparalleled growth boosted by the need to alleviate the maintenance cost and to produce sales by increasing the subscriber base in a highly challenging and volatile environment. With the increased use of mobile phones and electronic content, a rising number of customers are getting exposed to the world of amusement created by technological innovations. A wide consumer base implies an enormous amount of information which necessitates the use of big data analytics for obtaining a deeper understanding of services offered in these industries. The use of business intelligence aids the multi-media sector in obtaining detailed insights not only into their consumers but also into their structures and processes. With the increasingly changing needs of the consumer, big data tools can be used by the content creators to generate new practices and create opportunities for producing higher quality content to suit the demands of the consumer. The media and entertainment sector are early adopters of big data technologies as it allows them to push digital transformation by using data that is not only already available but also introduces them to new data sources within and outside this business. This research paper presents an in-depth analysis of the technology in the media and entertainment business. It elaborates on how goods, consumers content, and processes are influenced by the dynamic consumer and industrial needs, the application scenarios, and other aspects of the sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The main objective of this work was to analyze the use of ICT in creative tourism as a promoter of contact established with visitors or tourists. The stakeholders of study were artisans and creative companies, and the local community of UNESCO creative cities. Methodology: a mixed methodology was implemented, which included carrying out 30 semi-structured interviews with artisans and creative companies in Barcelos and Óbidos, as well as 408 questionnaire surveys being validated with residents of these locations that are UNESCO Creative Cities (241 in Barcelos and 167 in Óbidos). More than 470 surveys were collected but were not validated because they had at least 20% non-responses. The 30 semi-structured were conducted when upon reaching the saturation point, as being the moment at which no new information or no new themes are registered. The total number of interviewees was 14 females and 16 males. In Óbidos, the number of certified artisans is substantially smaller than in Barcelos, so it was only possible to interview 11 artisans from Óbidos. In Barcelos, a total of 19 artisans were interviewed. The choice of UNESCO Creative Cities is assumed because, according to the literature in the area, they constitute great examples in the context of creative tourism, and the areas of Literature and Crafts and Popular Arts are two of the domains that UNESCO values. and classifies as dimensions of greatest interest. These areas are also important areas from the point of view of tourism supply and demand in general. The surveys were implemented by distributing them in online format based on forms.ua and in paper format and were distributed randomly, depending on whether participants agreed to participate in the study. Survey data were analyzed using SPSS. The interviews were carried out by telephone, using the databases of the municipal councils of Barcelos and Óbidos, and their data were analyzed based on the webQDA – Qualitative Data Analysis software. Results: The results obtained show that it is residents who can use ICT the most and best to establish contact with creative tourist demand. Artisans and creative companies can take better advantage of ICT because these platforms can help to boost artisan activity, making it more attractive, more publicized and, therefore, consumed by tourists and visitors. Artisans and creative companies are using ICT mainly to disseminate their work in a timely manner. Residents use ICT mainly to observe tourist (dis)satisfaction. The use of ICT to contact tourist demand can be used by the stakeholders studied as a means of learning, knowledge, to facilitate communication with tourists or visitors, to attract different types of tourists or visitors, for analysis, exposure and /or observation of tourist (dis)satisfaction. Research limitations: The irregularity of the data obtained depending on the location can be considered as a limitation because it demonstrates a greater attractiveness in terms of demand for creative tourism in Óbidos than in Barcelos. The implementation of questionnaire surveys in an online format did not work as well as would have been desired because, given the various publications of links to these surveys, the number of online responses was not very significant. This fact forced several trips to Barcelos and Óbidos. Although several trips were made during the months of May and August 2023, the fact that it was not possible to travel to Portuguese locations in other periods coinciding with creative events constitutes a limitation, as more responses could have been obtained. Carrying out interviews by telephone constitutes another limitation of this investigation because it conditioned the existing dialogue with the interviewees. Furthermore, several telephone contacts of certified artisans found on the websites of the municipal councils of Barcelos and Óbidos were inactive or out of service, and not all unanswered telephone calls were returned. Originality: The use of ICT by tourism in general and in the particular case of creative tourism is a topic that has little been analyzed from a microregional perspective. In the case of UNESCO Creative Cities, the role of ICT in establishing contacts between the tourist offer and tourists and creative visitors has not been analyzed in the literature in the area. The development of a mixed methodology also assumes an original character as two important and essential stakeholders of creative tourism are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emerging AI advancements will have a massive influence on the worlds of media and entertainment. While most people are focused on technologies such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that are entertainment-related, the technical change of how media experiences are generated is perhaps more astounding. We speculate on how and where these technologies will have an impact on our lives. This research adopts Quantitative Method. A survey was done online taking a sample of 150+ participants. Also, a systematic review of research papers, articles related to consultation papers published by authors, second research on topics, ideas and analysis of industry experts. This article will examine some of the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) influences the stories we consume about AI's application in media platforms. Now, the advent of Artificial Intelligence in the media and entertainment will change the way audiences interact with movies, TV shows, sports, games and videos and discover new ways to create and share content. AI, according to industry experts, will be the next stage of industrial revolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship stands as a pivotal force in our modern landscape, with an array of business opportunities beckoning young individuals. It is imperative that institutions, enterprises, and decision-makers recognize and harness the entrepreneurial potential of the youth. In an age defined by technological advancements and innovation, young people are uniquely equipped to seize these opportunities. Many of the emerging businesses in today's knowledge-driven society bear testament to this phenomenon, a fact underscored by the ongoing global crisis. In South Africa, the cultural and creative industry shines as a beacon of economic potential, ranking among the most vibrant sectors. Given this backdrop, it is prudent to explore avenues for nurturing enterprises within the realm of culture, creativity, fashion, and tourism. Furthermore, it is essential to consider the roles of educational institutions in offering incentives and support for the initiatives of young entrepreneurs venturing into these domains. These institutions play a crucial role in dismantling the obstacles that otien hinder the smooth establishment and development of such enterprises. This paper significantly contributes to the existing body of knowledge by presenting empirical evidence that aligns with entrepreneurial motivation theory, albeit in a more specific context: the entrepreneurship of fashion clothing. Furthermore, it offers insights into the formulation of a fashion and clothing entrepreneurship curriculum, as perceived by university students specializing in clothing and textile studies. This research not only sheds light on the motivations of aspiring fashion entrepreneurs but also informs the design of educational programs that can beter equip them to navigate this competitive landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to examine the elements of skills and competences needed in the field of creative industries and how the professionals of the creative industries are positioned in the innovation process. In this paper the focus is in describing the methodology, i.e. the concept of core competence tree, but also in analyzing the produced core competence trees of the participants and fitting them to the phases of the (service) innovation process. According to our data, there seems to be six main categories in the field of creative industries: new creating status quo challengers, human-oriented inspirers, creative visualizers, digital urbans, business-minded developers, qualified craftsmen & artists. The categories are covering all the phases of the innovation process quite extensively. However, it seems that skills related to commercialization and strategic focus are often lacking from the creative industries professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last decades have been characterized by numerous changes in the functioning of the organizations. One of them concerns the understanding of the organizational roles of women who, initially identified with lower administrative staff, began to use specialist and managerial positions more and more often and more effectively. Despite what numerous studies have highlighted the increase in the participation of women in leadership positions in organizations is still slow, even in sectors with high feminization rates. This paper focuses on one of the most feminized organizations in the economy – public cultural organizations. On the one hand, they are perceived as traditional, stiff, boring, and by some, even unnecessary organizations. On the other hand, people perceive them as progressive, inspiring, and extremely important from the viewpoint of broadly understood social development and thus consider them as ‘friendly’ for marginalized groups, including women. This paper presents the findings of a research conducted between January 2021 and April 2022 among cultural workers in Poland. The research was based on a survey among 512 public cultural organizations and 20 biographic interviews with female managers working in various cultural organizations in Poland. The purpose of this research was to map the organizational environment of Polish cultural and arts managers. The study provided rich empirical material documenting the impact of the far-reaching gendered nature of work in public cultural organizations, which influences the professional development of women in these workplaces. Additionally, and what makes Polish case interesting to study, is the context of the research. As proven by this study, although, previously functioning in Poland socialist system, supported the professional activization of women, the transformation period 1989 significantly slowed down those processes and consequently in some sectors of economy even deepened existing inequalities. Public cultural organizations, according to participants of those studies, are its example. The findings presented in this paper broaden the knowledge about both gender inequality in cultural industries and theory of gendered organizations. The main contribution of the study revealed career development challenges for women working in public cultural organizations [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia is rich in cultural diversity and traditions. Indonesia's unexpected cultural wealth ranges from tradition, art, tourism, and culinary. Indonesia is a country rich in culture. The relationship between Indonesian culture and Indonesian Peranakan culture is also very close. The arrival of the Chinese from mainland China to Indonesia around the 14th or 15th century AD settled and married the locals, combining the socio-cultural and culinary diversity of the two nations. The culture born due to intercultural marriage is Indo-Chinese or Peranakan culture. This intangible heritage needs to be protected and preserved. Digital transformation in the manufacturing sector plays an essential role in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. In 2018 the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, launched a road map of Making Indonesia 4.0 with the aspiration to make Indonesia into the top 10 of the world economy by 2030. At the same time, Indonesia's cultural and creative industries have developed, which play a significant role in promoting development. Indonesian economy. Indonesia supports creative innovation by deepening the concept that the cultural and creative industries encourage economic development. This paper raises the design of the Peranakan culture model to increase awareness of the Peranakan culture that can be sold in Indonesian tour packages. This model is expected to be developed to promote crossbreed tourism in other regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with crisis communication in the creative industries, i.e. in the management of advertising agencies, which represent a significant segment in this sector. Based on the review of literature and practical experience, the author assumes that the actual crisis communication in the advertising agencies significantly differs from the definitions and laws in the scientific literature, the authors of which support their arguments with the examples from corporations that focus on the consumer market, or examples of communication in the field of political marketing. This paper, which covers the partial findings of the research activities stemming from the author's dissertation thesis, is devoted especially to staffing and material and administrative support and the differences and common features relating to the creative industries in the commercial business sector. First, the paper defines crisis communication and its position in marketing communication, it defined the term "creative industries" and establishes new theories whose aim is to create a more detailed and more specific profile of crisis communication applicable to the creative market segments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With current trends of going IT Industry employment in India and work from home culture in these IT industries, IT risk management is seeking a great change and thus need of new framework is paramount in current perspective. This paper examines the existing most of IT risk management frameworks and tries to find some solution with respect to the recent developments in IT industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Horizon 2020 project inDICEs, a consortium of 14 interdisciplinary partners from research and industry set out to develop an approach on how to understand and measure the impact of digital cultural heritage. Synthesising the results of three years of research, the consortium produced a MOOC on the KULeuvenX edX platform, focused on the development of digital transition strategies for both non-profit business models in heritage institutions as well as broader cultural and creative industries. Built on KU Leuven's experience in developing MOOCs derived from Horizon research, this particular online course is part of a specific segment of the university's MOOC offerings targeting primarily a professional audience. It is the third MOOC in a series intended for current and future professionals in the GLAM sector. In this paper, we discuss the choices behind the development of such a MOOC, and the strategic role such MOOCs play in the business model of the university, particularly with regards to micro-credentials. It also highlights the opportunities that networking with industry stakeholders opens for higher education and research organisations, as a not-for-profit valorisation effort. The MOOC brings insights on data monitoring and trend watching, copyright and digital asset management and development of digital strategies. Most importantly, it positions these topics within the context of new digital value chains for heritage institutions fostered by open access and participatory engagement models. As such, this paper will be of interest both to communities of MOOC developers - to understand how stakeholder communities and professional networks can steer choices, formats and approaches - as well as university MOOC business plan developers. Furthermore, as this MOOC embodies the growing interest of teachers and scholars in digital collections, it will also provide insights into opportunities such formats provided to the education and research sectors. Finally, it will speak to anyone working on MOOCs on the topic of cultural production and heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, Information Technology (IT) has a significant role in asissting people doing as well as completing their work, particulary in creative industry. Therefore, it is necessary to have an educative facilities that can be a place that not only as a lab but also as an information hub that relate to the IT development. One solution that can be realized to accommodate the development of science and technology is Science and Techno Park. Bina Nusantara University which actually has a motto, namely "Building the Nation through science and technology", is selected as the case study. This paper presents the study of designing a Science and Technology Park building that based on Bina Nusantara University needs. The building is expected to fulfill the research activity both from internal and external industries. Additionally, the high-tech architecture concept is applied to create a unique, innovative, and modern shape and atmosphere of the building as well as the exterior and interior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on the educational challenges of digital technologies. The emergence of easier-to-use and more accessible mobile devices and services, along with the desire to adapt education to the generation of digital children, with completely new expectations regarding the education process, has led to a significant change in the way that the act of learning is understood and practiced at school. In the field of education, as in others, the reflection on the development of modern means of communication would only gain from the teachings of the theory of cultural industries, but also of the sociology of technical innovation or the history of communication' means. Major changes are predicted to take place, some actually happen and are part of everyday life. New concepts became common words in the nowadays vocabulary: blended learning, e-learning, distance education, online education. In conclusion, the transformation of the educational process and the evolution towards the digital school involve ensuring access to administrative solutions for management and teachers, transparency for parents and digital study tools for students and teaching staff, in an environment that allows collaboration and effective communication between all parties involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our research in progress seeks to understand: under what conditions will human experts collaborate most effectively with creative AI (Amabile 2020). In order to address this challenge, we turn our attention to the creative use of AI evidenced in the creative industries, a sector where some of the most interesting uses of AI are currently being explored (Boden 2009, Bell 2021). More specifically, we investigate the case of Uncanny Valley, an Australian music production team who won the AI Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, and ask: How do artists work with AI/creative machines? What is the role of trust in their collaboration? What are the best practices in human-AI collaborations evidenced in the creative industries that could be applied to innovation management? Our findings aim to bring knowledge of creative AI in the creative industries in closer conversation with innovation management practice and scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The creative industries comprise various subsectors distinct in terms of business models, profit orientation and growth prospects. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the industries, measuring and analysing the sub-sectors is difficult. To understand the specific subsectors and highlight their specific characteristics within each of the creative industries, this paper explores differences among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in terms of asset, capital and liquidity structures. Methodology and design – The study is based on a data set from financial statements sourced from 8,088 SMEs within the creative industries in Croatia for year 2014. For research purposes, creative industries are clustered into eight subsectors: advertising, architecture, design, electronic media, film and video, music, publishing and press, software and video games. Based on a set of predominantly financial indicators selected from financial statements, the paper provides a comparative analysis of subsectors from creative industries in terms of their balance sheet structure. Findings – An analysis of the financial statements reveals more similarities than differences among subsectors of creative industries. The software and video games subsector appears to performance better and have the highest growth potential relative to all other subsectors. Originality of the research – The paper provides insights into the landscape of cultural and creative industries and explores the degree to which balance sheet structures are linked to the characteristics of each subsector within the creative industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the policy and support of the creative industry in the Zilina Region. In the Zilina Region, the major part of the creative industry is represented by the advertising industry. The main aim of the paper is to identify the aspects of the support in the advertising industry in the Zilina Region. To achieve the aim of the paper, the primary research consisting of personal, telephone, and e-mail questioning was carried out. The survey was aimed at the advertising agencies operating in the Zilina Region. Querying, analysis, induction and statistics are methods to be used in primary research. Based on an analysis of the current state of the support in the advertising industry in the Zilina Region, the survey examined these four research areas: public support, human resources, institutional support and funding. Within the research areas, in the means of public support, the survey was focused on finding out whether the advertising agencies use some form of support on the state, regional government, city or municipality level. In the area of human resources, the survey was focused on identifying the employee qualification requirements, the education level, the significant shortcomings from the view of employees, and the possible ways of improving the education level in the advertising industry. In the area of infrastructure, the survey has been focused on identifying the conditions of institutional infrastructure development in the Zilina Region. In the area of financing, the survey was focused on determining the most common and the most important forms of financing used by advertising agencies operating in the Zilina Region. As the main finding may be considered that there are several instruments for support of the advertising industry in the Zilina region, but they are not used sufficiently. The recommendations arising from the paper are focused on the means of the development of the advertising industry in the Zilina Region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Creative Teams are often at the heart of innovation. While Creativity as a concept has been the focus of much research in the past seventy years, the interest in creative teams is much more recent, and the factors for success in creative partnerships and larger teams have not been fully explored. By looking past well-known inhibitors of team level creativity, such as group-think, cognitive blocking and evaluation apprehension, this paper examines which factors correlate with higher team level creativity by drawing on an experimental observation of different idea generation techniques as well as expert interviews of practitioners in the commercial creative industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose -- The aim of the research is to determine the role of cultural and creative industries in the creation of innovative urban tourism with particular focus on the city of Rijeka as European Capital of Culture 2020. The research is directed towards the new trends in urban cultural tourism and the possibilities of innovating tourism offer in the process of repositioning. The purpose of this paper is to determine the current level of tourism development of the city of Rijeka and the future development. Methodology -- The paper analyses the theoretical determinants of the synergy between cultural and creative industries and tourism in innovating urban tourism offer. It analyses the present state of cultural and creative industries and tourism of the city of Rijeka and, through in-depth interviews of representatives of cultural and creative industries and tourism offer, as well as through benchmarking analysis, it determines the possibilities for innovating the city's cultural offer in line with the vision of the city as a recognizable cultural tourism destination. Findings -- The results can be observed on two levels; the theoretical level, exploring the role of cultural and creative industries in innovating urban cultural tourism offer, and the applicative level that explores the current situation, development scenario and the synergy of tourism and cultural creative industries on the example of Rijeka as the European Capital of Culture 2020. The role of cultural and creative industries in building and innovating cultural tourism offer represents the basis for developing Rijeka as an urban cultural destination. Contribution -- The paper defines the cultural and creative industries value chain and its potentials in urban value chain innovation, especially in urban destinations titled the European Capitals of Culture. The research should be extended to other destination stakeholders (e.g. local population, student population, etc.) to further concretize the possibilities for synergy in enhancing the operational strategies for transforming Rijeka into a recognizable urban destination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The digital transformation of the children's entertainment industry has burdened sales departments with having to deal with shifting markets and rapidly changing consumer behaviour, e.g. a move toward streaming. Companies are being forced to reorganise their sales departments to serve digital channels - in addition to traditional physical channels. We investigate how required competencies for sales professionals differ between the two channel types, by conducting a case study with a leading German company in the children's entertainment industry. Based on an analysis of several e-mails and internal reports, we develop a competency lexicon in a first step. We subsequently conduct behavioural event interviews with all persons involved in sales and use the competency lexicon for coding. We then compare required competencies of sales professionals servicing digital and physical sales channels. This short paper ends with a discussion of the next steps planned for acquiring a comprehensive picture beyond the case company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I report the results of an experiment where I continuously monitor how participants spend time on digital services and shut off their access to Instagram or YouTube on their phones for 1 or 2 weeks. I use the resulting data on how participants substitute their time during and after the restrictions in order to uncover a rich picture of the demand for social media and entertainment applications. I illustrate how the estimated substitution patterns can be used to guide questions of market definition that have troubled regulators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers certain aspects of a four year programme of research, and addresses the changing cultural requirements to support the rise of improvisational working practices within the UK financial services sector. Specifically, it reports on some of the outcomes of a study encompassing over 100 hours of interviews, together with a variety of other primary and secondary data. The outcomes of the full study are documented elsewhere, and they identify a number of key factors that contribute to the successful use and control of improvisational working practices. One of these factors is a supportive organisational culture, and this specific area is dealt with in this paper. A particular focus is how the sample of organisations has attempted to identify and create supportive cultural conditions for improvisational work to take place. In order to bring clarity to the outcomes of this study, a matrix of the case study organisations is also offered, which segregates those organisations according to their cultural model and apparent improvisation effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This multilevel multivariate meta-analysis of 508 studies shifts the focus from culture's consequences to culture as a consequence. It addresses the limitations of the mean-based approach to cross-cultural comparison by showing that individual and national cultures are shaped by a set of individual and country level factors, providing a basis for explaining the within and between country variations in culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the relation of creative industry and its position in current European Union Industry policy, where in the long-term run it plays determining role within the industry structure of European Communities countries. The meaning of creative industry within the European Union Industry policy structure is more and more actual because it contributes to the European prosperity and European economy is depended on the vitality of its industry. EU Industry policy includes the set of activities what is the means of how the EU tries to affect the efficiency of processing and services sectors, it is an area on what depends the development and competitiveness of EU member states in addition to as a whole is focused on structural adaptation process which goal is to gain comparative advantages of EU economy in the world economy environment. The goal of this study is by means of the EU industrial policy analysis to figure out the utilization rate of its current efficiency regarding the creative industry issue, in the way of further possible increasing of the EU industrial policy influence in international economics, as well as their significant role relating to the overall socio-economic development of the EU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industries linked to and built on creativity and design have been described as backbones of a modern economy by the likes of Florida (2002; 2005). This paper reviews the ways early-stage entrepreneurs of creative industries conceptualise knowledge and depict their development trajectory and practices in issues concerning knowledge. These entrepreneurs operate in the context of a knowledge economy that underlines the key role of knowledge as a source of advantage. As Moore (2000) claims, knowledge intensity creates entrepreneurial opportunities and results to offer an advantage. The current view of knowledge management (KM) stretches the realm of KM beyond the ability to create. Action on knowledge contains sub-processes of knowledge creation, maintenance, renewal, organisation, and transference, for example (Wiig, 1997). This multiple case study explores the way entrepreneurs express the nature of knowledge in the enterprise and in relation to their personal entfloridarepreneur role. Light is shed on the principles and practices of KM in entrepreneurial firms. The research is an exploratory and interpretative case study, revealing patterns of thoughts and behaviour in the companies studied. A sample of seven companies whose business activity is based on design and creativity were interviewed in-depth. The collected qualitative case data is thematically content-analysed to constitute a model of companies’ development trajectory in relation to knowledge. The study contributes to academic knowledge both in the areas of entrepreneurial studies as well as in KM. The practical contributions serve creativity-connected industries and early-stage entrepreneurs who can use the results to plan and foresee their KM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a new approach for innovative entrepreneurial thinking by integrating a number system thinking and system dynamics tools. The proposed approach is applied in the case of the creative arts industry, where it is demonstrated how from a static picture provided by a traditional tool such as the Business Model Canvas (BMC) we can get to a dynamic model with causal feedback loops among the main elements of the business environment. Such a system dynamics model would significantly support spotting opportunities, enhancing creativity, and valuing ideas in order to promote innovation and differentiation. This is in line with the work done on developing innovative thinking competencies for Creative Arts entrepreneurship, which is a European project co-funded by the Erasmus + programme. Such innovative thinking competencies would also support the European Entrepreneurial Competencies Framework (Entrecomp). As a result new business strategies may be formulated and explored on their future effectiveness prior to implementation. Further, the proposed approach would be useful for finding ways to accelerate the diffusion of innovation by configuring important variables, such as advertising and promotion expenditure, as well as investing on building a brand name via good reputation. Such a systemic configuration would increase product/service adoption rate, which in turn would increase the chances for survival and prosperity of the entrepreneurial venture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper concerns theory and practice of architectural design with the focus on actual interpretation of critical regionalism intertwined with elements of bioclimatic strategies. The aim of the paper is to analyse the relationship between indigenous cultural heritage, theory of architecture and contemporary building project. These interacting elements are presented in the light of the complex process of architectural education. The paper explains how modern architectural design should be based on the balance between human, environmental and technological factors. The author describes how necessary understanding of inhabitants' functional and aesthetic needs derives from profound study of their cultural background and how this knowledge can be applied into architectural project. Educational process is focused on a domestic dwelling and the neighbourhood unit as the most archetypical and essential human typologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focusing on the phenomenon of carnivalization, the paper offers an insight into contemporary notions and opinions on carnivalesque forms of communication present in various cultural forms and media products. The text's aim is to provide a theoretical overview of different approaches to understanding the term "carnivalization" in the context of visual-auditory media production, as well as an analysis of carnivalesque aspects present in the British science-fiction and comedy television show Misfits. The paper works with the basic assumption that media carnivalization may appear to be a form of social criticism, black humour or satire (in this particular case associated with the current popularity of superheroic narratives that are mocked by the analysed TV show), but it is, in fact, a very efficient form of social control and a clear consequence of existing social inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents ways in which e-learning is used in some industries and how it can be used and implemented in the fine arts services with the help of digital marketing. Culture consumers can take part in the creative process with the help of e-learning. The services economy is booming. Most of business have an online profile and use it in order to get in touch with potential customers and loyal customers, even trying and succeeding in evangelizing some customers that promote their services to others. The highlights of the year 2017 are digital and online trends that encourage fast consumption of any product or service. For example, the online store eMag is expecting over 1 billion in revenues this year, Amazon has over 300 million unique buyers, banks are creating online platforms that can offer loans on the spot and museums are creating unique and immersive digital interactions with visitors. This level of interaction, having the client interact from the "safety" and comfort of his own home is changing the way business applies the marketing mix online and on premise. The arts and events sector can benefit very much from interacting with potential clients in a way in which the interested potential clients can get in touch with events that they are looking for, make it possible for them to book and buy a ticket and even interact or take part in the experience from the comfort of their own home through e-learning models and platforms, even social media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital games are among the fast-growing market segment. It is a contemporary phenomenon of entertainment, relaxation, but also of competition, business and, last but not least, it would be inappropriate to omit the educational function of games. Therefore, it is extremely important for academics to pay attention to various aspects and to try not only to describe but also to clarify the causality of individual aspects of the games. This is precisely why the contribution is devoted to selected elements that include digital games. The contribution analyzes and clarifies game interaction, narration and cybertext. The paper is using the hermeneutical method and reflects the basic theoretical bases and definitions of the presented problem and their comparison through various author's approaches and opinions. Using these methods, the goal of the paper is to contribute to the theme of digital games from the point of view of academics in the field of selected aspects of games, as these are areas that affect how much the game will be successful in the impact on the player. Another reason is that games have a strong potential to impact on cognitive functions of a person, and with an everincreasing gaming trend, there is no doubt that gaming research will play an important role in the development and use of this new medium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cultural access, participation to the cultural activities and the overall presence in the cultural markets of the European consumers have registered a decline somewhat less than expected, at least in connection to the current level of development of the European Union countries. This state of the European cultural market is directly determined by the consumers' behavior related to the cultural products, services and activities as well as by the overall context in which providers of cultural output conduct their activities. Paper identifies, from a marketing perspective, the potential determinants of the European Union's cultural markets through the results of the analysis on cultural access and participation, based on the relevant outputs of the Special Eurobarometer on Cultural Access and Participation - regarding the level of involvement in cultural activities, barriers to accessing culture, access and participation to non-national cultural activities and involvement in artistic activities, and a set of demographic, economic, technological, socio-cultural and political features of the European Union countries. Paper discusses and advances a framework to be considered in designing an effective marketing strategy for the promotion of the cultural products, services and activities, in terms of the identified determinants, aiming to increase the access and participation in the European Union cultural markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to review the increasing synergy between creative industry and tourism and to draw a clear picture of their integral benefits. The synergy between tourism and creative industry develops direct link to different industrial sectors creating mutual intersecting areas of economic activity that primarily stimulate growth and innovation. The main goal of this paper is to analyse the state of creative industry and their role in tourism competitiveness among European Union (EU) countries. This paper provides a theoretical insight into the field of creative industry and their contribution to the development of the countries through the concept of creative economy. Creativity, creative economy, creative industry, creative tourism are all crucial pillars of future economies and countries competitiveness that are moving towards development and growth. Creative industry is a pre-condition for the development of modern economy and is a dimension that ignites aggregate economic growth, development, and drive tourism competitiveness among the countries. Growing connection between tourism and creative industry and the way they communicate, become the main driver of attractiveness and competitiveness of tourist countries and destinations globally. The role and importance of tourism competitiveness and creativity through creative industry and creative tourism in this paper is researched using the available secondary data of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness overall index and sub-index (TTCI) on the example of EU countries for 2019. TTCI framework is based on four segments: a) Enabling Environment, b) T&T policy and Enabling Conditions, c) Infrastructure and d) Natural and Cultural Resources. Creative industry and within the creative tourism is an integral part of the overall TTCI matrix and it is difficult to single out one or several indicators that are positively correlated with the overall tourism development. TTCI overall ranking for 2019 shows that among the top 5 countries with the highest competitiveness in tourism, three of them are from European Union. Using the fact that "Natural and cultural resources" are an available indicator for assessing the trend of cultural and within also creative tourism as segments of creative industry, we can highlight the need for further improvements and unused opportunities in this area that will lead to faster boost of tourism and overall development in the future. The TTCI methodology has a wide application in the conduct of tourism and economic policy, but there is certainly space for further improvements, especially from the creative industry and creative tourism point of view. There is a link between tourism competitiveness and economic development, especially within inbound and outbound tourism economies. We could conclude that outbound tourism economies in which tourism does not have such a significant effect on the overall economy have lower tourism competitiveness compared to inbound tourism economies. Given the applicability of the topic and the lack of available data and research related to creativity, creative industry and tourism, further research in this area and work on standardized measures is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim of this paper is to present the background and methodology of a research designed to investigate consumer motivation for cultural goods (e.g. recorded music, books, museums, etc.). In the first part, the development of cultural consumption is assessed and the significance of understanding and evaluating the cultural consumer motivation is outlined. The second part of the paper includes a systematic presentation of past research and theoretical approaches, concluding that there is a lack of a multi-dimensional consumer motivation scale, specifically designed for the field of culture. The third part outlines the proposed methodology and describes the dimensions of a new multi-dimensional scale to trace and evaluate the cultural consumer motivation, measuring three main factors: emotional, cognitive, and social. Finally, the paper presents the main features of the planned survey and analyses the significance of this research for understanding how social and demographic factors affect the motivation of the cultural consumer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intangible assets as an output of creative and cultural industries represent an important part of the wealth of the society. The development of the territory established on the intangibles produced by the creative and culture industries are a factor which can support to build and exploit the local or regional competitive advantage and uniqueness of the place, especially in the field of tourism. The paper deals with the role of intangibles as an output of cultural industries that can be a source of potential competitive advantage of the Banská Bystrica region. It provides practical insights into the potential paths for the regional tourism development based on the outputs of cultural industries. The paper presents the results of the primary research realized in 2013 among the tourists in the selected districts of Banská Bystrica region, results of primary research realized among experts from theory and practice aimed on competitive advantage factor analysis realized in 2011 and the data of secondary research aimed at mapping the culture potential in the region. The final part of the paper includes the recommendations for the development of tourism in the Banská Bystrica region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to expand the views of modern tourism and make a stronger connection between this industry and creative industry. The concept would be to create a creative destination project - reliving the successful film through the locations it was shot on, in the same order and ambience and important focus on characters. In these way visitors does not only see something they found interesting but they experience it, which directly creates an emotional demand in their mind, and a wish for more. The methodology will focus on the concept of destination project and possible examples at first. The paper will present the results experience with the timeless destination marketing of Roman Holiday (1953, William Wylder). This approach of destination marketing targets wide spread audience since it will fill the need to play in both children and adults. Also, it will for certain employ many people in its realization since people are motivated to work for such project that includes business opportunity and creative media. Findings of the culture of Italy through cultural dimensions by Geert Hofstede as well as marketing survey of destination and film characters are stated in the best way for this concept which brings originality to this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – Creative economy leverages creativity, technology, culture and innovation in fostering inclusive and sustained economic growth and development (UNCTAD, 2015). The relationship between film as a part of creative economy and tourism industry, recently coined to a new phenomenon named film tourism, are multifold. Starting from this premise, this paper aims to: (1) give a theoretical framework of the creative economy and film industry as its constituent; (2) explain their trends and impacts on the global economy; (3) explain the concept of film tourism and its impacts on the local economy; (4) give a review of the film tourism state of art in Croatia; and (5) propose policy measures so as to enhance the effects of film tourism in Croatia. Methodology – After having elaborated the theoretical framework of the creative economy in general, there follows the analysis of interconnectedness between film and tourism industry. The conceptual model is being introduced in order to elaborate multiple relations between the two concepts after which the review of available facts for the case of Croatia was given. Findings – This paper primarily focuses on analysis of film industry and its contribution to the growth of tourism industry, with Croatia as an object of research. Contribution – Relations between film and tourism industry will be shown through specific theoretical model. Its empirical contribution lies in providing comprehensive analysis of the multiple effects of these interrelations. Practical contribution is about to be achieved by a number of policy proposals aimed at utilizing Croatian resources by way of film tourism industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past fifteen years, video games have shifted from being seen as merely entertainment to being ‘sometimes-useful’ tools in educators’ lesson planning repertoires (Schrier, 2019). Practicing educators and policy makers have been convinced that games can be good for learning, but many questions about games’ reliable and effective implementation remain unanswered (Takeuchi & Vaala, 2014). Fortunately, researchers and developers have begun to advance important questions of practice, including how educational games can be used and designed effectively (Clark et al., 2015), how to improve games’ design (e.g., Burke & Kafai, 2014), on understanding the classroom ecologies in which they’re being used (Shah & Foster, 2014), and on teachers’ professional development around games’ use (Jan et al., 2017). Collectively, this research can be seen as the beginning of an exciting field that combines theories of play, learning, and design across a diversity of contexts, whereby games are designed to mediate and support individual and community learning. As our understanding of play-based learning expands beyond childhood learning to include how to design e.g., games for museums or college-aged students, non-digital games can help researchers better understand how play can be designed for and how to best develop formal and informal learning supports, especially in everyday contexts and in ways that are practical. In this paper, we begin with describing some of the challenges of making educational games go viral, or getting effective play-based learning into effective widespread, and sustained practice especially in formal education. To achieve this aim, and to support accompanying research, we frame the issue as the “last mile” problem of game-based learning and propose that expanding the currently disparate research on non-digital games can help overcome this issue. Using two cases of analog game development that were undertaken for research purposes (Author), we describe the dilemmas and key tradeoffs that we have learned through the games’ development and use. It is our hope that such a description will allow us to bridge the research being produced in digital games with the potential of non-digital formats and support the more coordinated advance of play-based learning research and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Business model visualisation has become popular since Osterwalder and Pigneur published their 'business model canvas' in 2010. However, there have been few visualisations specific to the creative and cultural industries, despite the fact that these industries have particular characteristics and perceived lack of business knowledge is a barrier for graduates. This paper presents qualitative and quantitative data from a pilot project carried out in 2019-2020 at University of the Arts London (UAL) with funding from Enterprise Educators UK. The aim was to increase students' understanding of business models, specifically in the context of the art school and the cultural and creative industries. The project had two phases: the first looked at business models as a general concept, the second at the specific business models of graduate entrepreneurs. Core to both phases were three Design students, who created business model visualisations. In the first phase, the Design students tested their visualisation of the business model concept with a focus group of six fellow students. In the second phase, the Design students interviewed three graduate entrepreneurs about their business models, then tested their visualisations of the graduates' business models with a second focus group of five fellow students. While enterprise education is sometimes understood as something done to the art school, this project came from the art school, in that it deployed visualisation, testing and iteration as core methodologies. As well as the principles of design, the project was informed by active learning and 'learning by doing', which is key to effective entrepreneurship education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses developments over the past three years in the stock photography industry, the global multi-billion dollar business that manufactures the majority of advertising and marketing images, and an increasing number of editorial and news photographs. Focusing on how the industry shapes the visual background to our lives - and the 'monopoly of appearance' (Debord 1970: 12) of our societies - the paper critically examines stock photography's place at the very frontier of contemporary cultural dynamics: technological change, globalization, struggles over the legal and social definitions of intellectual 'property' and cultural authority, the aestheticization of the lifeworld, and the apparently ceaseless conquest of material and virtual spaces by increasing numbers of visual images. It does this by briefly looking in turn at three interlinked questions: 1) how does the industry currently organize representational power and cultural authority; 2) what is the reach of the industry, geographically, historically (control over archives) and in terms of economic sector (in relation to other cultural industries); 3) what does 'the spectacle' look like - what visual regime characterizes the stock industry and the domains it supplies? ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The entertainment industry is fraught with risks. Production companies must rigorously decide which planned entertainment products to turn into formal filming. However, information is limited before production. Given this constraint, this paper develops a comparable title identification method named ICTPP to identify past products comparable to the proposed entertainment product so that its potential demand can be accurately forecasted. The method first constructs a heterogeneous entertainment product network that simultaneously accommodates entertainment product nodes and three types of factor nodes available in the pre-production stage. Then, a meta-pathbased network embedding method is proposed to learn entertainment product representations that preserve the latent structural and semantic information in the network. With experiments conducted on real-world viewership record data, we validated ICTPP's effectiveness and superiority in identifying comparable titles compared with existing studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper provides a deeper look into value chain logic in supply chain relationships in a creative industries value chains. In recent years, value has been recognized as a key factor in better understanding consumer behavior and thus gaining competitive advantage. The presented model describes and analyzes the industry participants, value chain processes, support and related environment, evaluate the relationship of stakeholders. The paper also takes into account the creation of value chain approach that describes the vertical and horizontal linkages. The chain of values represents the coordinated set of kinds of activity which create value for the enterprise, beginning from initial sources of raw materials for suppliers of this enterprise up to the finished goods delivered to the end user including service of the consumer. The value chain conception is important for the identification and development of the enterprise. The value creation activities can be a core competitive advantage which center on fostering relationships with key actors who can derive benefits from each other's value chain. It cannot forget the fact, that the regional location of the creative industries and their support at the both national and regional levels has become an integral part of the regional policy in the Slovakia and also as a part of a kind of "regional branding". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the work report made on behalf of the 16th CPC Central Committee to the 17th CPC Central Committee, China has emphasized culture as part of the country's soft power. Recently, with the cultural industry being introduced as a pillar industrial sector in the 12th Five-Year Plan, China has developed cultural policies to manage its cultural industry, such as film and drama. After the establishment of the "going global" strategy, Chinese entertainment media are now more accessible and receiving much attention from foreign audiences. With the emergence of Chinese dramas on several international streaming platforms and the latest digital cultural industry policy issued in 2020, this article offers an analysis of the implementation of the Chinese cultural policy through a TV Drama "Word of Honour" as a public diplomacy practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to point out the importance of the convergence of business processes in the media industry. Digitization and convergence of existing business processes have been established completely new relations in the current media market. In the context of the media industry is talking about "old" and "new" media industries, and the media industry before and after the convergence of the business process. Convergence, as a concept, has a fairly broad interpretation, however, in the context of the media industry can be seen through a wide range of creative industries that refer to some form of media industry. Publishing, as the oldest category of the media industry, digitization and convergence of the media industry has undergone the most radical changes. The convergence of production and distribution of media content directly influenced the change business paradigms, but as the final resultant was creating an entirely new media market. The development of the communications market, digitization and development of the Internet, technological development in the field of screens of all sizes and purposes, in particular post-industrial society, were the fuel for transformation and convergence of different sectors of the media industry and creating entirely new forms of creative industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pilot study is a step to evaluate the effectiveness of survey instrument as a medium of communication between researchers and respondents. This paper aims to get the instrument ready for use on actual data retrieval. Pilot study is divided into two stages, qualitative pilot study and quantitative pilot study. In qualitative pilot study, the researcher used nine respondents, while for the quantitative study used 36 respondents. Based on the results, the studies obtained the questionnaires are ready to be used in the process of pilot study quantitative. In the pilot quantitative study obtained the result that of the ninety-nine items of question there are four items that are invalid so that should be discarded. For variable reliability, all variables have a Cronbach alpha value greater than 0.6 so it can be said that all variables are reliable and used in further surveys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Musical self transformation has become an important question for music and cultural studies in recent years; transformation, as a gauge of music's power to change, the self as the site in which change occurs, and music as that cultural object-subject that both expresses and inspirits change. This paper summarizes my dissertation study of musical self-transformation in the case of the Canadian hip-hopper, Rob "Fresh I.E." Wilson. Throughout his 45 years, Wilson experienced and has used music in various ways to overcome challenges associated with processes of post-industrialization, such as poverty, racialization and sexuality, culminating in his most expansive popular achievements: numerous awards, including Grammy nominations in 2003 and 2005 in the category of "Best Rock Gospel." However, struggles with the institutional organization of the church and of the culture industry making up Christian hip-hop contributed to self-doubt that nearly resulted in his suicide in 2010. His complex subjectivity reminds that his is not simply a case of musical self-construction but nor is it a matter of convention delineated by arbiters making up a specific art world. Drawing on a synthesis of scholarship from music sociology, anthropology, and African-American religious studies, and using historical and ethnographic methods, I analyze and explain Wilson's case here. I finish with a discussion of my four main findings, which indicate that music is selftransformation, that there is need to theorize music throughout the life of the self or the musical self, that transformation practices vary between sudden and gradual forms, and that these are made up of various techniques and strategies. Such strategies make up a modern ethos that demands further consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sociology has drawn attention to the way that cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are marked by significant inequalities. This paper explores how these inequalities are maintained, through fieldwork with senior men making decisions in CCIs. Drawing on 32 interviews with senior men across a range of CCI occupations, conducted as part of a larger set (N=237) project, the analysis shows that misrecognition and outright rejection of inequalities is now not usual. Rather, 'inequality talk' and the recognition of structural barriers for marginalised groups is a dominant discourse. However, individual careers are still explained by gentlemanly tropes and the idea of luck, rather than structural inequalities. The distance between the discourse of career luck and 'inequality talk' helps to explain the persistence of exclusions from the workforce for those who are not white, middle class origin, men. This has important implications for inequality in other professions and areas of social life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pilot study is a step to evaluate the effectiveness of survey instrument as a medium of communication between researchers and respondents. This paper aims to get the instrument ready for use on actual data retrieval. Pilot study is divided into two stages, qualitative pilot study and quantitative pilot study. In qualitative pilot study, the researcher used nine respondents, while for the quantitative study used 36 respondents. Based on the results, the studies obtained the questionnaires are ready to be used in the process of pilot study quantitative. In the pilot quantitative study obtained the result that of the ninety-nine items of question there are four items that are invalid so that should be discarded. For variable reliability, all variables have a Cronbach alpha value greater than 0.6 so it can be said that all variables are reliable and used in further surveys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The entertainment industry has joined several others to bring a greater commitment to their activities, such as games with health and education. With the current demographic trends, the older adult audience is a part that should have special attention, especially with all the factors that contribute to aging. It is noted that digital games may have an impact on the health of older adults, but little research has been done on location-based mobile games and this audience. This article reviews the literature focusing on the effects that location-based mobile games have on the lives of seniors and how these investigations are being conducted. There were five studies that investigate this category of games with the aspects related to health and the social interaction of senior citizens. Such researches conduct projects in development basis using user-centered design and Survey methods for data collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the booming of tourism industry and the Increasingly diversion of people's recreational consciousness, the trend of combining culture industry and tourism industry takes a good development. As the allied product of culture and tourism, the cultural theme performance projects(CTPP)has shown a strong momentum of development in recent years. Firstly, the authors introduce the development history and divided into three stages: germination stage, prosperity stage and rapid development stage. The germination stage started from 1980s, representing the performance project is "imitation Tang music and dance" launched by Tang Le Palace in 1987. The prosperity stage is from 90s to 2000, the main features of this stage are the theme park performance, such as "Songcheng ancient love". From twenty-first Century to now, the number and scale of the CTPP are growing rapidly. Secondly, according to the difference of the performance site and form, this paper divides the cultural theme performance items into five types, namely, theme park, real scene, theatre, tour, and performing arts +X, each of them has its own characteristics. Thirdly, by selecting the 142 representative CTPP cases of China, this paper makes a detailed spatial distribution analysis in China, we can conclude that the distribution of cultural theme performance items is uneven, mainly in the six regions: Yunnan = Hunan > Guangxi = Guangdong = Shaanxi > Hubei. The authors further explore the creation and market operation of all kinds of products, and put forward the basic development ideas and orientation of the CTPP, so as to provide the theoretical basis of further development. With the development of CTPP across the country, how to launch a successful performance project is a subject that must be discussed. In order to build a successful performance project, it is necessary to do a good job of market research and project planning before the start of the project, and to dig out the characteristics of the regional culture and determine the location of the project. In the course of the project, the managers need the consciousness of the industrialization operation, the modernized management system and the multichannel propaganda, and open the market. At the same time, we must ensure quality, have advanced hardware facilities and good risk control methods and means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]