nep-cul 2022-05-23 papers

on Cultural Economics

Issue of 2022‒05‒23
two papers chosen by
Roberto Zanola
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale

Creativity on the Move: Nexus of Technology, Slack and Social Complexities By Laurent Antonczak; Thierry Burger-Helmchen
Copyright Protection in the Digital Single Market By Frank Stähler; Leander Stähler

Creativity on the Move: Nexus of Technology, Slack and Social Complexities

By:	Laurent Antonczak (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Thierry Burger-Helmchen (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)
Abstract:	While creativity is most commonly associated with idea generation and problem solving at the individual or team level, it is likewise associated with environments, technologies, tools and artefacts favouring or hindering creative capabilities. Research struggles to bring these elements together. We develop a model for the integration of mobile devices into creative processes. More specifically, we elaborate on existing works on creativity to define how firms can make good use of mobile technology in order to enhance the creativity of their employees. Therefore, we suggest a model revisiting the notion of "creative slack" (with the introduction of the notion of mobile slack, or m-slack) and absorptive capacities, explaining how firms might better integrate digital natives; subsequently, we discuss the managerial and theoretical implications.
Keywords:	Creativity,Mobile device,Affordance,Mobility,Slack
Date:	2022–03–31
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03631857&r=

By:	Frank Stähler; Leander Stähler
Abstract:	This paper scrutinizes the effects of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on platform competition in media markets. Platforms that are Online Content-Sharing Service Providers must have a license agreement with collective management organizations that control the content platform users may (or must not) upload to the platform. The paper shows that the new directive may imply market concentration and an aggregate welfare loss. The reason is that only users of the large platform will be allowed to upload content if the content asset controlled by a collective management organization is sufficiently valuable and if network effects are strong.
Keywords:	copyright protection, IPRs, content platforms, trade in services, digital services
JEL:	D43 F12 L86
Date:	2022
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_9597&r=

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