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The phenomenon of place attachment as a community resilience determinant requires a detailed study and, as such, is not sufficiently explored in the literature. This study analyses both resilience determinants and resilience tools in order to provide local communities with optimum courses of action and decision makers with postulates concerning local development policies. Our goal is to determine the effect of place attachment on the activity of the local community in the process of the reconstruction of a local territorial unit following a crisis (COVID-19 pandemic) situation, as well as determine the symptoms of the crisis exemplified by urban–rural communes in Poland. Empirical research was carried out with regard to all 87 urban–rural communes in Poland with their seat in a small city with district rights. The respondents in the survey included individuals in governance positions: mayor/deputy mayor/secretary. Comparative analyses were performed on the entire group by juxtaposing communes located in peripheral regions (19 units) of the Eastern Poland Macroregion and the remaining communes (68). In light of the empirical research, communes located in Eastern Poland's peripheral regions were more severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis than ones situated elsewhere in Poland. In urban–rural communes located in peripheral regions, actions supporting the "ability to absorb” shocks are taken more frequently than those promoting "positive adaptability in anticipation of, or in response to, shocks”. Less frequent were proactive measures of innovative nature, involving "restoration and use” of the existing local resources, e.g., new methods of the use of natural resources by the households or new activities in the creative industry based on individual creativity, skills and talents. An analysis of all units reveals a generally low level of pro-resilience activities of the local communities in the communes investigated in the study except for the application of modern technologies/forms of remote communication. It was demonstrated that, in local communities with a high level of place attachment, activities aimed at building resilience are more frequent. For local governments, the results constitute proof of the importance of place attachment in building community resilience in local development policies. We should highlight the need for activities integrating urban and rural residents in urban–rural communes in order to create a shared space with which they could identify while strengthening bonds, thus raising the level of social capital. It is also necessary to look for ways to use IT, not only for communication processes, but also for managing crisis situations, in parallel with activities aimed at strengthening social capital. © 2023 by the authors.
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With a rising globalization of the economy and society, the digital transformation, and the economic downturn started in 2008, working is becoming less dependent on distance, location, and time. These are some of the reasons that have fostered the development and diffusion of new working spaces like coworking spaces. The paper aims at exploring the location determinants of coworking spaces, an issue that has been less developed by the literature up to now. By focusing on the 549 coworking spaces located in Italy at the year 2018, the paper investigates the location factors of such workplaces, and the attractiveness of large cities as well as peripheral areas. The results of the descriptive statistics and the econometric analysis (a Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial model is applied) confirm that coworking is mainly an urban phenomenon, since coworking spaces tend to be knowledge-intensive places for creative people. Specifically, the municipalities showing higher innovation and entrepreneurial environment (i.e. major cities) are preferred locations. Besides, it is discussed whether coworking spaces may contribute to fostering the development of peripheral and inner areas in Italy, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic where the share of teleworkers outside metropolitan areas has massively increased.
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Neighbourhood gastronomy, the agglomeration of restaurants and smaller eateries in residential urban areas, contributes to the lives of residents and visitors economically, culturally, and socially. Since winter 2020, neighbourhood gastronomy in Asian cities has been severely disrupted by COVID, compounded by many other long-term stressors. In urban Japan these stresses include gentrification, the aging of proprietors, urban renewal, and corporatisation of gastronomy. Empirically, this paper discusses how independent restaurants in Tokyo contribute to community life by supporting grassroots creative industries, small business opportunities, meaningful artisanal work, convivial social spaces, local cultural heritage, and a human-scale built environment. The study uses intensive single-site urban ethnography to discuss how restaurateurs face immediate and long-term crises at the community level. By using the "neighbourhood as method", a concept of sustainable neighbourhood gastronomy is developed that should be applicable in other urban contexts.
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The relevance of this study lies in the fact that the growth of the entertainment services market as an industry worldwide suggests that it will continue to develop, despite the restrictive measures introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The market that provides entertainment services is considered as a complex of interrelated socio-economic, legal, and organisational relations between the consumer and producers of entertainment-related services in purchase and sale. The demand and supply are crucial and topical features of this market since they enable communication between the seller and the consumer of entertainment-related services. The need for such services is directly dependent on a number of factors, such as the availability of free time, the level of solvency of residents of the country, seasonality, consumer preferences, etc. The purpose of the study is to conduct a summary analysis of the state of the entertainment services market in the conditions of the imposed anti-covid measures and to propose recommendations that can improve the performance of the main activities of the entertainment services market. The following methods were used in the study: analysis, synthesis, comparison, and economic and statistical analysis. The results obtained allow assessing the state of the entertainment services market during the period of restrictive anti-covid measures and identifying those areas of activity of the entertainment services market that are currently the most promising in terms of subsequent development. Copyright © 2022– All Rights Reserved.
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This study investigates and clarifies e-commerce maturity as the reason the focal point of Indonesian creative industry business visionaries during the COVID-19 pandemic in the new ordinary time in Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic has energized entrepreneurs, particularly in the creative industry, to have the option to build up their dynamic capacities so they can make do in unsure financial circumstances and measure their e-commerce performance through a balanced scorecard approach (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). This research has taken 383 respondents of business visionaries who are occupied with creative enterprises and have applied the idea of e-commerce in their business activities taken as tests and dissected quantitatively utilizing structural equation modelling (SEM). This study finds that e-commerce maturity provides a significant impact on e-commerce performance and innovation capabilities. Furthermore, the indirect impact result is more favourable compared with a direct relationship between e-commerce maturity and e-commerce performance. This paper highlights the importance of e-commerce maturity and innovation capabilities and shows that both variables significantly impact e-commerce performance which may help entrepreneurs in Indonesia's creative businesses to enhance their performance, especially in e-commerce. © 2022 The Authors.
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Digital business transformation is the use of technology that creates new business models, processes, software, and systems to generate increased revenue, competitive advantage, and efficiency of an Organisation. The emergence of digital business transformation is triggered by dynamic market changes and changes in consumer behavior in the use of technology and is triggered by the Coronavirus Disease 19 (Covid-19) pandemic. The impact of factors mentioned above affects medium-sized enterprises, in this case, the creative agency that is the research object. To assist creative agencies in maintaining their business, a guideline in the form of a digital business transformation framework is needed because there has not been a framework that can provide measurable guidance for digital business transformation in the sector. Researchers developed this framework using Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM). Evaluation of the proposed framework using a questionnaire with internal company respondents resulted that the aspect of people stating that 92% helped the digital business transformation in the scope of people's involvement in it. However, there was a percentage of 8% stated that they had not measurably minimized the impact of the change. While the results of the technology aspect stated that 100% had been able to help form a technology change team. Finally, the results of the process aspect stated that 100% had been able to explain and achieve the company's KPIs. The conclusion is that all of these aspects have digital business transformations, and the proposed framework can be used as a guide to influence in a structured and measurable way. © 2022 IEEE.
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Innovative work behavior is a significant factor for business success, including in the creative industry. This paper aims to explore the effect of self-efficacy on the innovative work behavior of employees in the creative industry sector. This study uses a quantitative research approach. It was conducted on small and medium enterprises in the creative industry sector in Labuhanbatu and South Labuhanbatu regencies, Indonesia. The participants in this study were employees and managers in the creative industry. The sampling technique is non-probability sampling. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed, and 216 questionnaires were returned. Therefore, the samples in this study were 216 respondents. After the data were collected, they were processed by the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method, which uses a multidimensional approach to testing the hypothesis. The results revealed that innovative work behavior was influenced by self-efficacy. Based on the results of the multidimensional analysis, it was shown that the most influential dimension in measuring innovative work behavior was the idea champion. In addition, the strength dimension dominantly influenced selfefficacy as the most influential dimension. The originality/value of this paper is that the analysis using multidimensional analysis shows that self-efficacy can predict innovative work behavior. The SMEs in the creative industry are suggested to give support to enhance their capability to improve employee self-efficacy and innovative work behavior. © 2022 LLC CPC Business Perspectives. All rights reserved.
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The purpose of this study is to find out how the influence of digital entrepreneurship on creative cities in the current Covid-19 pandemic conditions, the research was conducted in the city of Bandung, Indonesia, which is one of the cities in the world with the status of a creative city. The analysis in this study uses three dimensions of digital entrepreneurship variables, namely entrepreneur, entrepreneurship process, and ecosystem, as well as creative city variables. This research is based on a quantitative approach with a sample of 314 creative industry players in the city of Bandung. The statistical method used to test the hypothesis in this study is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) through the Partial Least Square (PLS) v3.0 approach. The research findings show that entrepreneurs have a significant effect on creative cities, with a contribution of 19.4%, the Entrepreneurship process has a significant effect on creative cities, with a contribution of 29.2%, and Ecosystems have a significant effect on creative cities, with a contribution of 28.6%. Overall, the condition of Digital Entrepreneurship has a significant effect on supporting the creative city of Bandung, with a total contribution of 77.2% which is dominated by the entrepreneurship process while the remaining 22.8% is the influence of other factors not examined. From the value of the contribution of the entrepreneurship process that dominates, it can be seen that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has created new habits from creative industry players in the City of Bandung by maximizing the use of technology and internet networks, without being limited by space that can be accessed by everyone, this is what changes business. from offline to online, so digital entrepreneurship has a big impact on the creative industry to support the status of a creative city owned by the city of Bandung. Research on the role and interaction of creative economy stakeholders involved in the digital entrepreneurship ecosystem in supporting creative cities is a suggestion for further research © 2022. Specialusis Ugdymas.All Rights Reserved
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Purpose: This paper aims to investigate empirically whether creative industries are boosting the economic performance of the ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam) during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: This paper applied a random effect and fixed effect estimation approach to investigate the impact of creative industries’ development (government expenditure on education, export of creative industries, trade openness, innovation index, sukuk issuances) on the economic performance spanning from 2010 to 2020. Findings: The economic performance was proxied by two dependent variables, namely, the gross domestic product and the Misery Index. On top of containment and vaccination measures, the findings demonstrated that creative industries are enhancing economic growth in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, supported by the significant role of the sukuk market as a vital contributor to economic growth. Originality/value: This study is unique because it provides novel and empirical results of the creative industries’ development on economic performance in the ASEAN countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Currently on a global scale tourism development has gained significant attention for increasingly becoming an important tool for promoting economic growth. In developing countries, it is seen as a means of alleviating poverty within communities. While tourism is a multi-sector industry, there is limited empirical research on creative industries in Botswana;these include fashion, media, film, art, live events and advertising. Today the emergence and the uniqueness of local culture as a means of diversifying the tourism product in the country is gaining popularity and attention alongside tourism remaining one of Botswana’s most important services industries responsible for export. The industry is vital for employment and income generation. Currently tourism is highly based around the country’s natural resources although it has the potential to grow beyond this by diversification facilitated through unique Tourism product development interventions. This paper identifies prospects for the growth of sustainable and tourism product diversification by addressing strategic interventions using the creative industries in Botswana through means of driving innovation and technology. The paper brings forward recommendations that have the potential to underpin economic development within the country. Using a qualitative approach the paper appraises the current state of the tourism industry in Botswana not only for the revival and recovery of tourism in Botswana post Covid-19 but attempts to develop a plan for streamlining the creative industry within the realms of cultural heritage tourism and sustainability of tourism. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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This chapter examines the evolving nature of work patterns and income streams for contemporary Musicians in the United Kingdom. It explores the experiences of independent, portfolio career Musicians working in the Rock/Pop/Indie/Jazz Live Music scene. The Music industry is reported to contribute £5.2bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy, of which according to UK Music (2019) £2.5bn is generated by ‘Creative Sector’ workers, which includes performing Musicians. Despite these high revenues, UK Music (2019) consistently reports that many Musicians earn below the average working wage of other professions. Challenges to Musicians’ work and income streams have been compounded by changes in consumption of Music due to digitization, a lack of systematic support from government for grassroots venues and unequal revenue distribution. In this context, we reveal findings from research interviews with Musicians, which were conducted just before and during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic (mainly in the North of England and Wales). Our research discovers how these Musicians utilize informal community mechanisms to navigate poor working conditions, value ‘dignity’ and ‘meaningfulness’ above remuneration and often default to individualist assumptions regarding career success. © 2021 by Emerald Publishing Limited.
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In the recent decade, practitioners and researchers have paid close attention to ecommerce. In this regard, most studies have focused on the effect of e-commerce adoption on an organisation's e-commerce performance. However, this line of research falls short in explaining how e-commerce maturity affects e-commerce performance. As such, this study examines and clarifies E-Commerce Maturity and E-commerce adoption as the cause for the focus of Indonesian Creative Industry business visionaries at COVID-19 in Indonesia. Previous research has not established which variable has the most impact on improving company performance. This study gathered data from 383 respondents who owned resourceful creative businesses and utilised the concept of ECommerce using a cluster random sampling technique. The data were quantitatively evaluated using the AMOS programme utilising the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique. This study discovered a positive and significant direct effect of ecommerce adoption on e-commerce performance. Additionally, e-commerce maturity considerably impacts e-commerce success, exerting a more substantial influence than ecommerce adoption. Further, the study discusses numerous implications for theory and practice. © 2022. All Rights Reserved.
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Bandung is one of the cities with a high culinary appeal. However, there are several problems found such as a decrease in sales due to the Covid-19, not conducting the market surveys, and tight competition in the culinary industry. One of the concepts that can solve these problems is a human-centered approach called Design Thinking. Hence, it is needed to measure whether the concept is already implemented or not. The result of this measurement can define the further plan to solve the problems stated. Design thinking is the rationale in the process of transforming a creative mindset into an innovation. This study measures the implementation of the Design Thinking concept in the culinary subsector in Bandung which includes five stages, namely: empathize, define, ideation, prototype, and test. The data collection is conducted by distributing questionnaires to 92 dine-in and 92 takeaway culinary businesses. The data gathered is then processed by using the descriptive statistical analysis technique and a two-tailed t-test. The result of the study indicates that the culinary business actors in Bandung city have implemented the Design Thinking concept well, although the empathize and define stages are still included in the bad category. There is also a difference in implementing the Design Thinking concept between dine-in and takeaway culinary businesses. Further study is expected to measure the impact of the Design Thinking concept’s implementation on the culinary businesses’ sales performance.
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This chapter examines the evolving nature of work patterns and income streams for contemporary Musicians in the United Kingdom. It explores the experiences of independent, portfolio career Musicians working in the Rock/ Pop/Indie/Jazz Live Music scene. The Music industry is reported to contribute 5.2bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy, of which according to UK Music (2019) 2.5bn is generated by 'Creative Sector' workers, which includes performing Musicians. Despite these high revenues, UK Music (2019) consistently reports that many Musicians earn below the average working wage of other professions. Challenges to Musicians' work and income streams have been compounded by changes in consumption of Music due to digitization, a lack of systematic support from government for grassroots venues and unequal revenue distribution. In this context, we reveal findings from research interviews with Musicians, which were conducted just before and during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic (mainly in the North of England and Wales). Our research discovers how these Musicians utilize informal community mechanisms to navigate poor working conditions, value 'dignity' and 'meaningfulness' above remuneration and often default to individualist assumptions regarding career success. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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The creative services sector plays an important and constantly growing role in the modern economy. This publication presents the results of extensive research on the functioning of the creative sector in Polish cities, conducted on a representative sample of 287 cities located throughout Poland. The sample was good in such a way as to maintain the structure by province. The survey included questions rated on a 5-point Likert scale. The aim of the research was to study the functioning of the creative sector in Polish cities and to determine whether the active involvement of public administration in its development has a positive impact on this sector. The research was carried out on the example of a medium-sized European country, which is Poland. The original contribution of the authors of the publication is to demonstrate, on a large research sample, the existence of a positive impact of the municipal office’s activities on the creative sector for example using special funds to boost creativity sector in the city, and to ascertain the existence of a linear relationship between the city size and the level of the creative sector functioning in it.
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Neighbourhood gastronomy, the agglomeration of restaurants and smaller eateries in residential urban areas, contributes to the lives of residents and visitors economically, culturally, and socially. Since winter 2020, neighbourhood gastronomy in Asian cities has been severely disrupted by COVID, compounded by many other long-term stressors. In urban Japan these stresses include gentrification, the aging of proprietors, urban renewal, and corporatization of gastronomy. Empirically, this paper discusses how independent restaurants in Tokyo contribute to community life by supporting grassroots creative industries, small business opportunities, meaningful artisanal work, convivial social spaces, local cultural heritage, and a human-scale built environment. The study uses intensive single-site urban ethnography to discuss how restaurateurs face immediate and long-term crises at the community level. By using the “neighborhood as method,” a concept of sustainable neighbourhood gastronomy is developed that should be applicable in other urban contexts. © 2022 Victoria University of Wellington and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
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As one of the most essential lines of works in the culture industry, dubbing has been facing challenges as well as new opportunities with the developments in recording techniques. While traditional productions are done in the studios, where directors, voice actors, agents, and sound engineers come together for each session, new technologies have allowed different actors of this process to contribute distantly. The convenience and availability of high-quality portable microphones, recording equipment, sound-insulating kits, and digital platforms offering easier production and sharing facilities have already been encouraging the sector to challenge the traditional way of dubbing movies and commercials animations, video games, and documentaries. This shift toward homemade recording has also gained importance after the rise of subscription video-on-demand sites such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and BluTV or YouTube channels where language diversity and time pressure are enormous. However, neither technological convenience nor market pressure has been able to invalidate the conventional way of recording completely. In-person interaction in the studio and simultaneous co-operation in the same place has kept its indispensability among many people in the field. According to this approach, homemade productions are unfavorable not only because of the insufficient technical hardware but also the quality of artistic performance away from the co-present guidance of the agents, engineers, and directors. Nevertheless, the global pandemic has forced even those people to take up the challenge and adopt distant recording facilities. More and more voice artists are encouraged to record at home, share it online with sound engineers who mix them remotely, and send the file to the telecommuting client. While technology allowed coping with the indefinite and ambiguous global situation, it also reproduces the precarity of dubbing professionals. Artists are falling into a more unclear, unstandardized, unsecured work environment. In this chapter, the challenges and opportunities encountered by dubbing professionals after COVID-19 will be discussed. In other words, it will be questioned whether “new normal” means “new precarious” in this industry in Turkey through a close look at the statistics before and after the pandemic and in-depth interviews with people from the field. © Peter Lang GmbH. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. Berlin 2021. All rights reserved.