How do creative workers work? This book brings together insights from a range of relevant disciplines to help answer this significant research question. Featuring case studies from the European context, contributors tap into the experiences and practices from creative workers, demonstrating...

Evidence-based policies require well-established research and reliable data. One of the major difficulties in delivering such data for cultural policies lies in measuring culture, expressing its ephemeral nature in numbers and indicators, as research used to do in other sectors....

Management and organization scholars have long been intrigued by the performing arts—music, theater, and dance—as a rich context for studying organizational phenomena. Indeed, a plethora of studies suggest that the performing arts are more than an interesting sideline for authors, as they...

Though accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI) are currently at the heart of many debates and social concerns around the world, few academic studies have explored real world ADEI initiatives in the creative sector. Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Cultural...

Purpose The paper aims to present the importance of social relationships in cooperation among theaters in the creation of three types of values that characterize arts entrepreneurship (i.e. artistic, economic and social). Design/methodology/approach The findings are based on qualitative research...

The arts and cultural sector in Ghana are of significant public importance and have witnessed tremendous growth in the past. However, the general consumption pattern of the arts and culture has been transformed in recent years in Ghana. In this study, I analyze cultural policy support for a...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding for the social inclusion of disabled performers in a developing country to create awareness and improve policies/practices. Design/methodology/approach The study employed qualitative methodology, and data were collected through...

Purpose This study aims to provide an insight into the role of robots in the entertainment industry. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this study first considers applications in amusement parks and robotic rides and highlights some current development activities. It...

In this research we analyze new approach for prediction of demand. In the studied market of performing arts the observed demand is limited by capacity of the house. Then one needs to account for demand censorship to obtain unbiased estimates of demand function parameters. The presence of...

This paper studies behavior patterns among theater attendees in the process of ticket purchasing. Since the theater attempts to balance between a high occupancy and affordable prices, the purpose of the study is to reveal the effects of changes in prices on attendance. This project is conducted...

Die soziale Frage der Kultur ist das Thema der Studie. Allzu gerne wird die soziale Frage in der Kultur nur auf Institutionen und auf die Vermittlung von Inhalten gelenkt. Arbeitsbedingungen von Künstlerinnen und Künstler als Akteure des kulturellen Gemeinwesens kommen in der Rechnung oftmals...