Empirical applications for assessing the efficiency in cultural organizations are still scarce. In this paper, we use a non-radial, output-oriented, DEA model for assessing the efficiency of a sample of 292 Musical Societies in the Valencian Community. The interest in this type of cultural...

This article is a summary of the first phase of a deeper project which aim is to study the socioeconomic dimension of musical societies. To do so, after having highlighted the importance and significance of musical societies in the Valencian Community, we try to frame their complex...

The Culture and Leisure Industries represent an increasing share of the Spanish GDP. In this way, considering the different factors of the competitivity, the productivity of these industries is analysed for the mid-nineties to a regional level. The results at which we arrived allow to glimpse...

This paper develops a new concept in order to analyse urban tourism: the packaged city, as (a) the city cultural offer catalogue, (b) a prescriptive element for the cultural demand and, (c) the city image configurator. This concept tries to link the strategies network for citizens, city planners...