Research background: Creative industries nowadays stand as one of the driving forces behind modern knowledge-based economies. Despite their many advantages, this research focuses on some of the less positive aspects of their development, notably less than optimal working conditions. Purpose: One...

Studies of non-standard, project-based forms of work prevalent in the creative industries have typically theorized the relational dynamics of work as a competitive process of social capital accumulation involving an individualistic, self-enterprising, zero-sum, and winner-takes-all struggle for...

This study examines how Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) can be effectively utilised as a good practice to analyse Amazon reviews within the creative and cultural industry category of Design, particularly Arts, Crafts & Sewing. By focusing on specific products and reviews...

Paper's objectives: The paper aims to explore the negative impacts of social relationships (SR) on business activity. As a research context, the video game industry (VGI) and the video game developers' (VGDs) relationships are analyzed. Design/methods: 17 semistructured in-depth interviews and 1...

This paper considers the impact of a major public sector relocation: the British Broadcasting Corporation's partial move from London to Salford, Greater Manchester starting in 2011. We identify effects of the move using synthetic control methods applied to plant-level data at Local Authority and...

Research aims: To explore the factors influencing the recognition of international opportunities among entrepreneurs in emerging markets, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach: This study employs multiple case studies, investigating six Indonesian...

This study investigates the innovation strategies of cultural micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Northern and Central Luzon, Philippines, operating within the domain of traditional cultural expressions, particularly traditional crafts and culinary crafts. These enterprises play a...

This paper documents the labour market position of artists across Europe and examines how it co-varies with public cultural spending. Using EU-LFS micro-data for 2009-2023, we compare artists to non-artists using harmonised measures of wage rank, employment, and non-standard work. Using...

This EIQ paper was inspired by the headline 'British artists in a historic clean sweep of 2022's Official Top 10 singles'. British artists accounted for all the Top Ten of the end-of-year singles chart of 2022 - for the first time since the charts were published over 50 years ago. A quick glance...

This study examines how Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) can be effectively utilised as a good practice to analyse Amazon reviews within the creative and cultural industry category of Design, particularly Arts, Crafts & Sewing. By focusing on specific products and reviews...

This study explores the ethical challenges posed by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creative industries, focusing on issues of cultural ownership, authenticity, and the balance between creativity and automation. As AI technologies become more prevalent in content...

Sierra Leone's creative economy is a significant yet underleveraged engine for diversification, youth employment, and cultural expression, contributing an estimated 4.5% of GDP and over 10% of formal employment. This Creative Economy Diagnostic and Roadmap analyzes the structure and performance...

This study examines the impact of changes in shareholder wealth and risks in cultural and creative industries (C&CIs) from an investor's perspective, testing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using weekly data on cultural and creative stocks in the Taiwan stock market and empirical studies...

The aim of this study is to fill the gap in the literature regarding the empirical analysis of digital competitive advantage and to extend the knowledge about its antecedents such as digital culture and digital creativity. The subject of this study is micro, small and medium-sized enterprises...

Artificial intelligence's (AI) rapid growth in creative industries has created a difficult choice: While companies can use AI to work faster, this often reduces human creativity and innovation. We show how educational institutions can resolve this by bringing together different groups to work...

This study investigates the factors driving innovation in museums by incorporating both technological and symbolic innovations. Unlike previous research, it employs a comprehensive set of determinants to examine their impact on technological and symbolic innovations. Based on data from 250...

This study provides an assessment of the Creative Europe Programme's (CEP) contribution to the development of the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) at local and regional levels across Europe. It analyses both the opportunities and constraints shaping the engagement of local and regional...

Employee turnover remains a critical challenge for organizations, prompting an examination of how leadership approaches influence employees' intentions to leave. This study investigates the impact of transformational leadership on turnover intention, focusing on emotional exhaustion and...

This report has been prepared within the 'European Monitor of Industrial Ecosystems' (EMI) project with the objective to analysing the green and digital transformation of industrial ecosystems and progress made over time, in this specific case, cultural and creative industries. For greater...

This report gives an overview of the structure of the European Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs), their strengths and challenges and the possible impact on them of new ICTs and AI. It sets out the economic importance of this industry and its crossover impact on other sectors of the...