Internet increasingly serves not only to communication between it's users. The emergence of Web 2.0 platforms which are peculiar to publication of various content (including images, movies, music, links to interesting sites) allowed to release of activity and commitment of millions of people...

The contribution of cultural organizations to the increase of the competitive position of cities has become increasingly significant in recent years through the role they play in urban development. Thus, increasing the number of visitors is a fundamental objective for the development strategy of...

An overview of the institutions working in the fields of cultural innovation and creation in the Basque Country is presented. The main drivers in the sector are discussed, such as Tabakalera and Arteleku in Donostia, BilbaoArte in Bilbao and Montehermoso and Krea in Gasteiz. The public-sector...

Las aplicaciones empíricas basadas en los análisis de eficiencia resultan todavía muy escasas dentro del campo de las organizaciones culturales. En este trabajo se analiza la eficiencia mediante un modelo DEA output orientado no radial que se aplica a una muestra de 292 sociedades musicales...

The purpose of this paper is to delve into the processes whereby cultural industries are interpreted by cultural, political and administrative actors, generating diverse and often unpredictable cultural, economic and social effects. By drawing evidence from a field project on the movie and...

La premiere partie de ce texte examine les conditions analytiques sous lesquelles on peut attribuer une valeur a une langue ou une autre, en distinguant notamment les valeurs privee et sociale, marchande et non-marchande. La seconde partie illustre la premiere a l'aide d'une estimation de la...

This study presents indicative evidence on the impact of a range of consumer attitudes and characteristics upon the consumption of pirated music and movie files. Consumers of both types of content are analyzed using a survey sample consisting of over 6100 observations. The study finds that...

We consider basic characteristics of foreign and Russian motion pictures (budget, box office revenues, effectiveness, “Kinopoisk” rating, number of views, film duration, genre) in dynamics and examine their linkages. We also compare the Russian market for national and foreign films. Then, we...

This paper analyses the interdependency between the market for music recordings and concert tickets, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. In a model with two interrelated Hotelling lines prices...