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71	Control, cultural production and consumption : theoretical perspectives, empirical dilemmas, and Swedish music industry practices Portnoff, Linda January 2007 (has links) Structural changes in the economy, such as new technological developments that create new conditions for the production and consumption of goods and services, have had a particularly strong impact on the popular music industry. This dissertation explores how musicians, record companies and publishers deal with the control dilemmas that the current environment poses for them. Music corporations face increasing financial pressures and struggle to find the right formulas for qualitative, yet commercial, music. Musicians try to create meaningful lives which involve writing and performing music. At the same time they try to make a decent living. Through an ethnographically inspired field study, the author finds that commercial sociability in the shape of phony friend-making practices emerges as an important control mechanism in music production, and an award-and-list culture operates as a classificatory control mechanism in music consumption. It is suggested that the popular music industry can be characterized by pseudo-Gemeinschaft. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2008 Cultural production and consumption Popular music industry Financial control Social controls Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft Social constructionism Commodification Commercial sociability Award-and-list culture Pseudo-Gemeinschaft Bourdieu Management control Musik och samhälle Kommersiell musik Musikbranschen Business studies Företagsekonomi
72	Låtskrivare = Entreprenör? : En kvalitativ studie om likheter mellan föreställningar om låtskrivare och entreprenörer / Songwriter = Entrepreneur? : A qualitative study of similarities between preconceptionsof songwriters and entrepreneurs Sundelin, Oscar January 2018 (has links) The purpose of the study is to examine similarities between the role as a songwriter with the role as an entrepreneur, as well as the conceptions about working with songwriting. To examine this three questions was asked: What similarities are there between the role as a songwriter and the role as an entrepreneur? What characteristics are described as important to succeed as a songwriter compared to those of an entrepreneur? What conceptions are there about working with songwriting? As a foundation for the thesis the history of the music industry is depicted in its own chapter with focus on the sales of music from the 15th century until today. The chapter describes how the music industry for a long time used sheet music as the main way to distribute new music. In the end of the 19th century the record industry started to emerge with the development of record players. During the 20th century the industry went through a lot of changes where new technology like the radio and the TV became important channels to reach a bigger audience. In the beginning of the 21st century the record sales plummeted as the music market became more and more dominated by different streaming services. The thesis empirical data is based on eight interviews, including a group interview, conducted in Los Angeles with four Swedish and seven American informants. It is also based on a forum thread from a Swedish music forum on the internet. The results from the interviews are first described in an overview and then divided into three categories; aspiring songwriters, songwriters in the music industry and informants working with songwriters. The results from the interviews shows that a songwriter should be a good person to collaborate with, be good at establishing important contacts in the music industry, and pay attention the administrative work of accounting, contracts and agreements. From the forum thread of the music forum disappointment is expressed about how DJ’s do not single handedly write and produce all the music they are attributed to in the media. The analysis shows that professional songwriters have much in common with entrepreneurs because they both need to take risks, be creative, and start business. The similarities between the conceptions of what is required to succeed as a professional songwriter with what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur includes having a good idea, having a supportive environment as well as being involved in marketing, sales and administration. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the work of songwriting is often glorified or overlooked, which creates misleading representations of what the work of a songwriter actually consists of. Cultural entrepreneur songwriter music industry music business cultural and creative industries CCIS CCI cultural entrepreneurship entrepreneurship songwriter music industry music industry music musician los angeles creative class Programmet för kulturentreprenörskap Kulturentreprenörskap Kulturentreprenör entreprenör låtskrivning musikbranschen musikindustrin kulturella och kreativa näringar kkn kulturentreprenörskap entreprenörskap låtskrivare musikbransch musikindustri musik musiker los angeles kreativa klassen Other Humanities not elsewhere specified Övrig annan humaniora
73	Ekonomistyrning i svenska skivbolag : en kvalitativ studie om hur svenska skivbolags ekonomistyrning karaktäriseras utifrån ett traditionellt och modernt perspektiv / Management control in Swedish record labels : a qualitative study about how Swedish record labels’ management control are characterized from a traditional and modern perspective Lejdeby, Robin, Ewerklou, Gustav January 2020 (has links) Bakgrund och problem: Det har riktats kritik mot den traditionella ekonomistyrningen vilket har gjort att moderna styrmetoder och verktyg växt fram för att komplettera ekonomistyrningen. De faktorer som tvingat fram den moderna styrningen går även att se i musikbranschen. Detta, tillsammans med att ekonomistyrning i musikbranschen generellt sett är outforskat, gör att det blir intressant att undersöka hur skivbolag i musikbranschen använder sig av en traditionell ekonomistyrning eller modern verksamhetsstyrning. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom att undersöka två skivbolags ekonomistyrning kartlägga hur ekonomistyrningen karaktäriseras utifrån traditionell ekonomistyrning och modern verksamhetsstyrning. Metod: Metoden som använts vid denna studie är kvalitativ. Vi har genom fallstudier hos två skivbolag undersökt och skapat oss en förståelse av ekonomistyrningen i bolagen med hjälp av semi-strukturerade intervjuer och kompletterande frågor via mail. Slutsats: Det går att se att skivbolagen övergått delvis till en modern verksamhetsstyrning men att det alltså finns en blandning mellan användandet av traditionella och moderna styrmetoder och verktyg. / Background and problem: Criticism has been raised towards the traditional management control which pushed forward modern management methods and tools to complement management accounting. The factors that pushed out this modern management control are possible to see in the music industry aswell. This, together with the fact that management control in the music industry has a research gap, makes it interesting to examine how record labels in the swedish music industry are using traditional or modern management control. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to through the examination of two record labels create an understanding of how the management control is characterized through traditional or modern management control. Method: The method used in this study is qualitative. We have through a multiple-case study at two record labels examined and created an understanding of the management control in the companies with the help of semi-structured interviews and complementary questions through mail. Conclusion: It is possible to see that the record labels has partly moved to modern management control but also that you can see a mix between the usage of traditional and modern control methods and tools. Traditional management accounting Modern management accounting Management Accounting Organization structure Control vs Empowerment Traditional budgeting Beyond Budgeting Activity-based costing Performance measurements Record labels Music industry Popular Culture raditionell ekonomistyrning Modern verksamhetsstyrning Management Accounting Organisationsstruktur Control vs Empowerment Traditionell budgetering Beyond Budgeting ABC-kalkylering Prestationsmätning Skivbolag Musikbranschen Populärkultur Business Administration Företagsekonomi

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Control, cultural production and consumption : theoretical perspectives, empirical dilemmas, and Swedish music industry practices

Låtskrivare = Entreprenör? : En kvalitativ studie om likheter mellan föreställningar om låtskrivare och entreprenörer / Songwriter = Entrepreneur? : A qualitative study of similarities between preconceptionsof songwriters and entrepreneurs