Cultural knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship: interdisciplinary views on creative work
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Cultural knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship: interdisciplinary views on creative work
Gustafsson, Erik | Strandvad, Sara Malou
ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 71 (2023), Iss. 3 : pp. 191–203
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Dr. Erik Gustafsson, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economy and Society, Viktoriagatan 13, 41125 Gothenburg, Schweden
- Dr. Erik Gustafsson is a postdoctoral researcher and senior lecturer at the Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Economy and Society, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His primary interest lies in entrepreneurship in creative industries, especially fashion. Through qualitative research methods, he explores the role of knowledge intensity and the concept of value for the advancement of creative industries, more recently in relation to sustainable transition. Dr. Gustafsson has previously been published in Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and on Routledge. He is also co-chair of the Creative Entrepreneurship Tracks of EURAM.
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Dr. Sara Malou Strandvad, University of Groningen, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, Oude Boteringestraat 34, 9712 GK Groningen, Niederlande
- Dr. Sara Malou Strandvad is Associate Professor in Arts Sociology at the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at University of Groningen. A sociologist whose research concerns creative work and production studies, her research has been published in Cultural Sociology, Cultural Studies, International Journal of Cultural Studies and elsewhere. Her research includes a.o. a study of development processes in Danish film production and a study of the valuation processes in a design school entrance exam. Her current research is about cultural entrepreneurship of artists in the North of the Netherlands.
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Abstract
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, das Verständnis von Unternehmertum in der Kreativwirtschaft konzeptionell zu bereichern. Es wird hierbei die Notwendigkeit betont, die Terminologie zu spezifizieren, welche zur Beschreibung von Kulturunternehmerinnen und -unternehmern verwendet wird, da die aktuellen Definitionen und Verwendungen in der Cultural Entrepreneurship Forschung stark variieren. Dieser Umstand trägt nicht dazu bei, ein tiefgreifendes Verständnis des Phänomens zu generieren. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship (KIE) ein geeigneter theoretischer Ansatz für die Weiterentwicklung der Forschung zum Unternehmertum in der Kreativwirtschaft ist, da der Schwerpunkt auf Wissensvielfalt liegt. Durch die Untersuchung vorhandener Literatur zu KIE in der Kreativwirtschaft und Unternehmertum als Faktor in der Soziologie der Kulturproduktion verbindet der Beitrag Erkenntnisse aus beiden Bereichen, um ein besseres Verständnis dafür zu generieren, wie Unternehmertum in Kunst und kreativer Arbeit angegangen, beobachtet und analysiert werden kann. Der Fokus wird daher auf den Schlüsselaspekt der Wertschöpfung gelegt, indem die Bedeutung und Definitionen von Wert und Bewertung gegenüberstellt werden und eine neue konzeptionelle Definition des kulturellen KIE-Unternehmens vorgeschlagen wird.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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STATE OF THE ART | 191 | ||
Erik Gustafsson / Sara Malou Strandvad: Cultural knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship: interdisciplinary views on creative work | 191 | ||
Abstract | 191 | ||
Zusammenfassung | 192 | ||
I. Introduction | 192 | ||
II. Knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship and sociology of cultural production – searching for a common ground | 194 | ||
III. Creative industries, value creation, and growth | 197 | ||
1. Creative entrepreneurial ventures and growth | 197 | ||
2. Values and valuations related to the arts | 197 | ||
3. Value as more than economic profits | 198 | ||
IV. Knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship, sociology of cultural production, and the creative industries – towards a conceptual definition | 199 | ||
V. Conclusion | 200 | ||
References | 201 |