The diploma thesis deals with design as part of creative economy and design in the context of corporate innovations. The aim is to analyze the conditions and qualities of cooperations between companies and designers in the Czech Republic, to identify barriers to effective collaboration and to propose steps leading to development of cooperation between businesses and designers. Tool for the analysis is research in the form of a questionnaire survey among Design Competitiveness programme participants, which the agency CzechTrade implemented in 2013 and 2014 to support projects of cooperation between companies and designers. Conditions and qualities of cooperation is explored in the following aspects: establishment of cooperation, objectives and results of the collaboration, progress of the cooperation and obstacles to effective cooperation. The research is complemented by a case study of a specific project of such cooperation, the development of a new product line by the Mikov company.

The main goal of this thesis is to evaluate and compare the efficiency of cultural and creative industries in Latin America and Venezuela in particular, hence its growing potential. The introductory part refers to the geographic and socio-economic definition of Venezuela, on which the work is more focused. The following part is a quick overview of the theory of cultural and creative industries, so that this concept could be subsequently adapted to the Latin American region. The next section is devoted to selected examples of countries and projects that significantly transformed the socio-cultural environment of the country. The second half of the thesis focuses on the cultural and creative industries in Venezuela. The various categories of the sector and cultural institutions that are dedicated to them or shielded are specified. The last two chapters of practical part focus on the current situation in the phenomenon of cultural and creative industries and events, which can currently change the whole functioning of the Venezuelan state.

The subject of this theses is the sector of creative industries a its behaviour at the time of economic crisis. The theses presents teories that study creative industries and its existing conclusions, while putting into contrast different views on the premise that creative industries are the source of economic growth and employment. Creative industries have been so far studied only during the time of prosperity, however, the 2008 economic crisis enables us to study them during recession. The analytic part of this theses is therefore dedicated to studying the economy of Great Britain, and on the basis of three economic indexes describes the behaviour of the creative industries during the crisis and immediately thereafter. The theses concludes that the creative industries indeed experienced growth, however, it also points out the limitations of all existing studies, including this one.

This dissertation explores how the rise of widely available digital technology impacts the way music is produced, distributed, promoted, and consumed, with a specific focus on the changing nature of the relationship between artists and audiences new technology has engendered. Through in-depth interviewing, focus group interviewing, and discourse analysis, this case study explores the contemporary artist-audience relationship. This study demonstrates that digital technology impacts the relationship by making it closer and more multidimensional. This is intensified by the fact that everyone is participating; the audience and artist actively engage each other. The omnipresence of music culture combined with the omnipresence of technology is particularly salient. Media consumers are simultaneously engaged with music through technology, and technology through music and this happens on many different levels. Taken as a whole, artist and audience's musical lives are fragmented as they occur in multiple online and offline places, at multiple times, and are continuous. They create, download, stream, listen, share, burn, and build upon content while engaging in multiple personal and social practices. And, in the process, they experience rich meaning making attached to particular life events, people, places, and times. Engagement in a music community is not just listening to music, or consuming music, but participating in a culture. The nature of contemporary music culture is best characterized by community and as such, this dissertation argues we might better think of the audience as accomplices to the artist. / Mass Media and Communication

Yes / As the economy becomes more reliant on innovative, knowledge-intensive firms, understanding the interaction between knowledge and improving innovation performance is increasingly important. Despite the majority of UK businesses being micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (micro/SMEs), knowledge management research has tended to focus on large companies, and the findings may not be applicable to micro/SMEs, especially in the creative sector. Moreover, the important role played by knowledge sharing in innovation can be critical to successful performance for smaller players in the creative sector where resources are limited. Our study presents an insight from micro/SMEs operating in a highly knowledge-intensive and innovative creative industry - games/entertainment software development. Using a mixed method approach, we investigate knowledge sharing and its contribution to firm innovation performance improvements. Our findings suggest that micro/SMEs are at the forefront in the creative sector precisely because of their smaller size. Our study reveals evidence of knowledge donation but limited evidence of knowledge collection in the knowledge sharing process in micro/SMEs. We develop a knowledge sharing model for innovation performance improvement in micro/SMEs. This highlights the importance of industry context, individual knowledge and organisational size in the role of knowledge sharing in innovation performance.

Les espaces de coworking sont des espaces de travail partagés par des individus de plusieurs organisations au sein d’un espace ouvert. Cette thèse analyse le développement d’un marché du coworking en Ile-de-France au regard des modalités de réalisation du travail dans ces espaces. Le rôle de la proximité physique dans le développement de pratiques collaboratives y est observé dans un espace de coworking parisien. L’étude des croisements entre échanges marchands et non-marchands permet de montrer que les effets de réciprocité contribuent à renforcer les liens entre coworkers. Les espaces peuvent faciliter les projets entrepreneuriaux par un apprentissage entre pairs et l’accès à des ressources communes au sein de l’espace. Cela nécessite cependant que les gestionnaires de coworking organisent la collaboration et la rendent visible. Ils font du coworking une nouvelle forme de service immobilier qui articule espace physique et service informel de mise en relation des travailleurs. La valeur des espaces de coworking est alors coproduite par les utilisateurs. Cette thèse resitue également le développement du coworking en Ile-de-France par rapport à un ensemble de politiques publiques. Les collectivités territoriales ont contribué à structurer le marché avant que des promoteurs immobiliers n’opèrent un changement d’échelle dans la notion-même de coworking. L’opérateur de coworking devient un intermédiaire permettant de mutualiser la demande de bureaux des petites entreprises en zone métropolitaine, et est amené à prendre une place au sein de la chaîne de valeur de l’immobilier / Coworking spaces are flexible workspaces shared by individuals from different organizations in an open-plan space. This thesis analyses the development of a coworking market in the Greater Paris region in light of the working arrangements in those spaces. The role of proximity in collaboration is observed in a Parisian coworking space. The overlap between commercial and non-commercial exchanges shows that reciprocity contributes to reinforcing ties between coworkers. Coworking spaces can encourage entrepreneurial projects through peer learning and the access to resources in the space. However, this requires the work of coworking managers who are key in organizing collaboration and making it visible. They are thus creating a new form of real estate service that ties physical space to an informal networking service between coworkers. The value in coworking spaces is therefore coproduced by its users. This research also shows that the development of coworking in Greater Paris was first structured by local public policies, and that real estate developers are now scaling up the idea of coworking. Coworking space operators are becoming intermediaries enabling small companies to share their offices in metropolitan regions, thus positioning themselves in the corporate real estate value chain

L’émergence du nouveau concept de l’économie créative, qui constitue désormais une part importante dans les flux d’échanges commerciaux à l’échelle internationale, a profité à de nombreux pays de tous les niveaux économiques. L’essor des industries créatives a fortement influencé la production par la formation de clusters de compétitivité. Cette situation se révèle être favorable au développement et à la diversification des biens et des services créatifs notamment pour les petites et moyennes entreprises. L’économie créative peut être expliquée par les théories de la spécialisation internationale en particulier du point de vue des échanges de services et du tourisme. Ainsi, le développement des industries créatives constitue une véritable opportunité de spécialisation internationale touristique basée sur un processus d’innovation culturelle et soutenue par une transformation de la demande touristique. Cette innovation, fondée sur la créativité, engendre une forte valeur ajoutée pour les biens et les services créatifs, ainsi que des avantages absolus qui ouvrent une nouvelle voie de développement pour les pays les moins avancés, pour conquérir les marchés d’exportation et réduire la pauvreté. / The emergence of the new concept of the creative economy, which is now an important part of international trade flows, has benefited countries of all economic levels. The rise of creative industries has strongly influenced production through the formation of competitiveness clusters. This situation is proving to be conducive to the development and diversification of creative goods and services, particularly for small and medium firms. The creative economy can be explained by theories of international specialization in particular from the point of view of services trade and tourism. Thus, the development of these creative industries constitutes a genuine opportunity for international tourism specialization based on a process of cultural innovation and sustained by a transformation of tourism demand. This innovation, based on creativity, creates high added value for creative goods and services as well as absolute advantages, which opens up a new development path for the least developed countries to conquer export markets and reduce poverty.

<p><p>Det blir alltmer viktigt för företag att arbeta tillsammans. Genom att samarbeta blir verksamheterna mer flexibla.  Verksamheter behöver utnyttja sina resurser mer effektivt för att kunna generera värde för de företag som samarbetar. Mer innovativa idéer behövs i dagens recession. I Målerås Glasbruk och Pukeberg fastigheters har nya kreativa strategier skapats. Det de infört är olika typer av samarbeten när de involverade aktörerna är på en och samma plats. Problemet ligger i att det inte är helt klart vilka intäkter, kostnader och värden det är som uppkommer i samarbete. Trots detta gör aktörer initiativ till att samarbeta. Företagsekonomiskt är inte det inte försvarbart. Därför är detta område intressant att belysa.</p></p><p>Syftet med vår uppsats är att analysera, studera och beskriva de olika aktörernas syn på värden, intäkter och kostnader i kreativa näringar genom två jämförande fallstudier av två glasbruksmiljöer.</p><p>Vi valde att göra två fallstudier av två kreativa miljöer. Vi angrep problemet med ett hermeneutiskt synsätt och en abduktiv ansats. Vi använde oss av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod och har fått en djupare förståelse för aktörernas uppfattning kring intäkter, kostnader och värde som uppstår i samarbete. Data har främst samlats in genom intervjuer, litteratur och vetenskapliga artiklar.</p><p>Det visade sig vara diffust om vilka intäkter, kostnader samt vilka värden samarbete skapar och för vem. Samarbetet i ena fallet är ett relativt nytt koncept där framtiden får utvisa följderna. Intäkter kunde skapas på lång sikt och kostnader var främst pga. resursutnyttjande samt provisionskostnader. I Pukeberg framkom det att lönsamhet hade uppnåtts genom att flera samverkade vilket skapade värde för alla i samarbetet. Resultatet visade att de ekonomiska fördelarna inte alltid lockar till samarbete utan det kan vara andra inre värden. På längre sikt kunde även samhällsnytta skapas. Det framkom även av båda fall att skal och breddfördelar kunde uppnås genom samverkan.</p> / <p>It´s becoming more and more important for companies to work together. By cooperating, activities become more flexible. Activities need to use their resources more effectively to generate value for companies that cooperate. More innovative ideas are needed in today's recession. In Maleras Glassworks and Pukeberg property have new creative strategies been created. They introduce different types of cooperation when they involve the actors at the same location. The problem is that it is not entirely clear what revenues, costs and values that are generated in the cooperation. Despite this, are the players the one who initializing to cooperate. At an economically point of view is this not justifiable. That is why this area is interesting to highlight.</p><p>The aim of our thesis is to analyze, describe and study how different stakeholders look at the different values, income and expenses in the creative industries by comparative case studies of two glassworks environments.</p><p>We chose to make two case studies of two creative environments. We attacked the problem with a hermeneutic approach and an abductive reasoning. We used a qualitative research method and have gain a deeper understanding of operators' perception on revenues, costs and value created in cooperation. Data was mainly collected through interviews, literature and scientific articles.</p><p>It turned out to be vague about the revenue, expenses, and which values cooperation creates and to whom. Cooperation in one case is a relatively new concept in which the future will tell the consequences. Revenues could be created in the long term, and costs were mainly because of resources and commission costs. The other case revealed that profitability had been achieved by several combined, creating value for all of the cooperation. The results showed that the economic benefits do not always attract the cooperation it can be other internal values. In the long term could social benefits been created. In both cases could economies of scale and economies of scope been achieved with collaboration.</p>

Det blir alltmer viktigt för företag att arbeta tillsammans. Genom att samarbeta blir verksamheterna mer flexibla.  Verksamheter behöver utnyttja sina resurser mer effektivt för att kunna generera värde för de företag som samarbetar. Mer innovativa idéer behövs i dagens recession. I Målerås Glasbruk och Pukeberg fastigheters har nya kreativa strategier skapats. Det de infört är olika typer av samarbeten när de involverade aktörerna är på en och samma plats. Problemet ligger i att det inte är helt klart vilka intäkter, kostnader och värden det är som uppkommer i samarbete. Trots detta gör aktörer initiativ till att samarbeta. Företagsekonomiskt är inte det inte försvarbart. Därför är detta område intressant att belysa. Syftet med vår uppsats är att analysera, studera och beskriva de olika aktörernas syn på värden, intäkter och kostnader i kreativa näringar genom två jämförande fallstudier av två glasbruksmiljöer. Vi valde att göra två fallstudier av två kreativa miljöer. Vi angrep problemet med ett hermeneutiskt synsätt och en abduktiv ansats. Vi använde oss av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod och har fått en djupare förståelse för aktörernas uppfattning kring intäkter, kostnader och värde som uppstår i samarbete. Data har främst samlats in genom intervjuer, litteratur och vetenskapliga artiklar. Det visade sig vara diffust om vilka intäkter, kostnader samt vilka värden samarbete skapar och för vem. Samarbetet i ena fallet är ett relativt nytt koncept där framtiden får utvisa följderna. Intäkter kunde skapas på lång sikt och kostnader var främst pga. resursutnyttjande samt provisionskostnader. I Pukeberg framkom det att lönsamhet hade uppnåtts genom att flera samverkade vilket skapade värde för alla i samarbetet. Resultatet visade att de ekonomiska fördelarna inte alltid lockar till samarbete utan det kan vara andra inre värden. På längre sikt kunde även samhällsnytta skapas. Det framkom även av båda fall att skal och breddfördelar kunde uppnås genom samverkan. / It´s becoming more and more important for companies to work together. By cooperating, activities become more flexible. Activities need to use their resources more effectively to generate value for companies that cooperate. More innovative ideas are needed in today's recession. In Maleras Glassworks and Pukeberg property have new creative strategies been created. They introduce different types of cooperation when they involve the actors at the same location. The problem is that it is not entirely clear what revenues, costs and values that are generated in the cooperation. Despite this, are the players the one who initializing to cooperate. At an economically point of view is this not justifiable. That is why this area is interesting to highlight. The aim of our thesis is to analyze, describe and study how different stakeholders look at the different values, income and expenses in the creative industries by comparative case studies of two glassworks environments. We chose to make two case studies of two creative environments. We attacked the problem with a hermeneutic approach and an abductive reasoning. We used a qualitative research method and have gain a deeper understanding of operators' perception on revenues, costs and value created in cooperation. Data was mainly collected through interviews, literature and scientific articles. It turned out to be vague about the revenue, expenses, and which values cooperation creates and to whom. Cooperation in one case is a relatively new concept in which the future will tell the consequences. Revenues could be created in the long term, and costs were mainly because of resources and commission costs. The other case revealed that profitability had been achieved by several combined, creating value for all of the cooperation. The results showed that the economic benefits do not always attract the cooperation it can be other internal values. In the long term could social benefits been created. In both cases could economies of scale and economies of scope been achieved with collaboration.

Apibrėžiamos pramoninės architektūros paveldo regeneracijos ir pritaikymo idėjos, būdai ir formos. Analizuojami post-industrinio Kauno pramoninės architektūros paveldo objektai; jų architektūrinė ir paveldosauginė specifika, išsidėstymas urbanistinėje miesto struktūroje. Svarstomos kūrybinių industrijų ir turizmo plėtros galimybės pramoninės architektūros paveldo kompleksuose bei istorinėse pramoninėse teritorijose. Pramoninės funkcijos išsaugojimo ir realizuotų konversijų atvejų studijos rodo dabartinę Kauno pramoninės architektūros objektų paveldosauginę situaciją, regeneracijos privalumus ir trūkumus. Revitalizacijos ir kūrybinės veiklos formų analizė atskleidžia pramoninės architektūros paveldo pritaikymo galimybių įvairovę ir nurodo pagrindines panaudos tendencijas. Darbe sumodeliuotos, Nemuno slėnyje esančių pramoninės architektūros paveldo objektų, pritaikymo vizijos yra teorinio pobūdžio. Sukurtas koncepcinis Kauno pramonės paveldo turistinis maršrutas gali būti taikomas praktiškai. Pramoninės architektūros paveldo pristatymui internetinėje medijoje sėkmingai pritaikytas pasaulinis interneto socialinis tinklas, ateityje gali būti įvairiai plėtojamas. / The research provides the ideas, methods and forms of regeneration and adaptation of the industrial architectural heritage. The analysis of the industrial architectural heritage objects in post-industrial city Kaunas, gives an information about heritage preservation, architectural specifics and location of objects in urban city structure. The research also provides the opportunities of creative industries and tourism for the development in industrial complexes and the historic industrial sites. The study of saved industrial function and implemented conversions shows: current situation of Kaunas industrial architectural heritage objects, the advantages and disadvantages of regeneration. The analysis of revitalization and creative activities - reveals the diversity of adaptation opportunities in industrial architectural heritage, and indicates the trends of using. There was also designed some theoretical visions of adaptation of industrial architectural heritage objects in the Valley of Nemunas. Developed conceptual Kaunas heritage tour route may be applied in practice. The presentation of industrial heritage realized in internet media. It successfully adapted in global internet social network. In the future this online project can be developed in different ways.