Previous Conferences – CulturalEconomics

2021: The 21st International Conference was hosted online and supported by an organisational team based at Copenhagen Business School and RMIT University.

2018: The 20^th International Conference was hosted by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

2016: The 19^th International Conference was hosted by Universidad de Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain

2014: The 18^th International Conference was hosted by L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada

2012: The 17^th International Conference was hosted by Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan

2010: The 16^th International Conference was hosted by Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark

2008: The 15^th International Conference was hosted by Northeastern University Boston, United States

2006: The 14^th International Conference was hosted by the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria

2004: The 13^th International Conference was hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago in Chicago, United States

2002: The 12^th International Conference was hosted by Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2000: The 11^th International Conference was held in Minneapolis, United States

1998: The 10^th International Conference was held in Barcelona, Spain

1996: The 9th International Conference was held in Boston, United States

1994: The 8th ACEI International Conference was held in Witten/Herdecke, Germany

ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORKS FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: THE CASE OF PORTO 7 December, 2021
By Miguel Neiva and Ellen Loots The ‘ecosystem’ notion is finding its way in the economic, management and policy literatures. In fact, in entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial ecosystem is a well elaborated concept. By means of an analysis of the sub-ecosystem of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Porto, we explain how cultural, social and... […]
ANONYMOUS ART AT AUCTION: LOOKING AT THE “UNBRANDED” AND THE “OUTDATED” 23 November, 2021
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker For once, roles are reversed and this is art historians talking cultural economics. The goal of this book, at the intersection of both disciplines, is to show art historians the potential of economic tools to understand how art is perceived, valued, and consumed over time. The dialogue between art history and economics... […]
DOES THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE DANCER MATTER IN MODERN DANCE? 9 November, 2021
By Rachel Lau and Brooke Krause Audience members are willing to spend more time watching modern dance, and pay more for tickets, when they consider the dancers more attractive. Imagine you were a dancer auditioning for a dance piece. All those hours of tireless training accumulating in an audition sequence to impress the casting director.... […]
CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: UNDERSTANDING THE MARKET FOR MEANING 26 October, 2021
By Yu-Yu Chang, Jason Potts, and Hui-Yu Shih Cultural commodities, whether goods or services, are vehicles for conveying cultural and creative content. Consumers perceive value in these goods or services when they successfully deliver symbolic meaning rather than simply accomplishing utilitarian or functional purposes. Therefore, cultural entrepreneurs are not necessarily artists, but those who discover... […]