The business of culture -- Pioneer-entrepreneurs : creating markets and changing minds -- Intermediaries : constructing meaning and value for markets -- Doing their job : the functions of intermediaries -- Maximizing influence : the features of intermediaries -- Creators and producers : making...

Art and business are often described as worlds apart, even diametric opposites. And yet, these realms are close cousins in creative industries where firms bring cultural goods to market, attaching price tags to music, paintings, theater, literature, film, and fashion. Building on theories of...

Introduction: Technology and Creativity in Creative Industries -- Innovators’ Acts of Framing and Audiences’ Structural Characteristics in Novelty Recognition -- The Alchemy of Painting: How the Technology of Oil Paint Transmuted Art -- Industry or Field? The Value of the Field Construct to...

Highlighting the roles and functions of three essential players--creators, producers, and intermediaries--this book leads readers to better understand the nature of creative industries and the impact that they have on business and culture.