The Oxford handbook of creative industries

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