Creative Industries Switzerland (eBook)

Facts – Models – Culture

Christoph Weckerle, Manfred Gerig, Michael Söndermann (Autoren)

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2007
160 Seiten
Birkhäuser (Verlag)
9783764381837 (ISBN)

Infos

Policy makers at all levels are discovering the notion of creative industries-from economic and innovation strategies to education policy and urban development, the creative industries are being described as a model for success. This book provides a greatly needed overview of the concepts and specific characteristics of this sector.

Christoph Weckerle and Manfred Gerig, School of Art and Design, Zurich; Michael Söndermann, cultural statistician.

Autoren

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Christoph Weckerle and Manfred Gerig, School of Art and Design, Zurich; Michael Söndermann, cultural statistician.

Christoph Weckerle und Manfred Gerig, HGK Zürich; Michael Söndermann, Kulturstatistiker.

Inhalt

Inhalt 2
Acknowledgements 4
1.0 Introduction 5
2.0 Creative Industries in the International Context 9
2.1 Development of the Term “Creative Industries” since 1970 9
2.2 Diff erent Views of Creative Industries in the Current Discussion 10
2.2.1 Supranational and Non-European Discussions 10
2.2.2 The European Discussion 17
2.3 Attempting to Systematize 21
2.3.1 Defi nitional Approaches 21
2.3.2 Approaches to an Argumentation 23
3.0 Creative Industries Switzerland 27
3.1 Fundamental Defi nitions 27
3.1.1 The Diversity of the Branches: Creative Professions 28
3.1.2 The Diversity of Creative Professionals: Business Models 30
3.1.3 Creative Professions, Business Models, Fields of Activity – an Integrated Perspective 33
3.2 Empirical Overview 34
3.2.1 New Statistical Classifi cation of the Individual Sub-markets 34
3.2.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Statistical Basis 36
3.2.3 Structural Data of the Creative Industries in Switzerland 38
3.2.4 The Development of the Creative Industries in Switzerland 40
3.2.5 The Swiss Creative Industries in an Overview of the Branches 42
3.2.6 Developmental Trends in the Selected Sub-markets 45
3.3 A Detailed Analysis of the 13 Sub-markets 47
3.3.1 Core Terms of the Sub-market Analysis 47
3.3.2 The Music Industry 48
3.3.3 The Book Market 54
3.3.4 The Art Market 61
3.3.5 The Film Industry 66
3.3.6 The Broadcasting Industry 70
3.3.7 The Performing Arts Market 73
3.3.8 The Design Industry 78
3.3.9 The Architecture Market 82
3.3.10 The Advertising Industry 86
3.3.11 The Software and Games Industry 89
3.3.12 Handicrafts 92
3.3.13 The Press Industry 94
3.3.14 The Audio Industry 97
4.0 Switzerland – European Union 99
4.1 Switzerland Compared to Europe 99
4.2 The European Creative Industries 103
5.0 Focus: Creative Scene 107
5.1 Requirements and Characteristics 107
5.2 Design and Designers as a Paradigm of the Creative Scene 110
5.2.1 Design 110
5.2.2 Designers 113
5.3 Capital in the Fields of Business and Activity 116
5.3.1 The Concept of Capital 116
5.3.2 Fields of Business and Activities 118
5.4 The Logics of Action and the Creation of Value 121
5.4.1 Stages 121
5.4.2 Motive and Options: The Spiral Model 123
5.4.3 Value Creation in Creative Scene 130
6.0 The Creative Industries: Political Fields, Sponsoring Mechanisms,and Sponsoring Objectives 133
6.1 Political Fields 133
6.2 Funding Bodies 137
6.3 Funding the Creative Scene? 139
7.0 Recommendations for Providing Financial Support to the Creative Scene 141
7.1 Decisions that Need to be Made by Funding Bodies 141
7.2 Making the Spiral Model Operational 141
7.3 A Funding Model for the Creative Scene 145
7.3.1 Financing 146
7.3.2 Infrastructure 148
7.3.3 Education and Continued Training 149
7.3.4 Market Access 150
7.3.5 Intellectual Property 150
7.4 In Place of a Conclusion: An Example in Four Phases 153
8.0 Appendix 156
8.1 About the Interviews und Group Discussions 156
8.2 Bibliography 158

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.10.2007
• Zusatzinfo: 20 b/w ill.
• Verlagsort: Basel/Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Innovation potential • International discourse
• ISBN-13: 9783764381837 / 9783764381837