Twenty years ago, there were all but a handful of scholarly studies published about the
economics of the motion picture industry. Over the first decade of the new millennium, this …

This study addresses the role of reputation in the career building strategy of early-career
musicians in a transforming music industry. Drawing from interviews with 21 musicians, we …

Among artists who have made their debut, a minority will become credited a second time in
their career. This article investigates why some fiction authors continue publishing books …

Over the last decade, several professionalising amateur Australian content creators making
popular web series distributed on multiple open platforms broke into the television industry …

Project-based and short-term employment is widespread in the contemporary labor market,
yet existing theories of social capital often rely on an organizationally bound model of work …

How do producers' distinctiveness and social structure influence third-party certifications?
We argue that producers compete against prior and current competitors, and against their …

This study examines how network characteristics affect the creative success of teams in the
board game industry. Based on prior research, we argue that the degree of newcomers …

Drawing on a dataset following the careers of 214 early-career popular music acts in the
Dutch live music industry over a period of eight years, this paper maps trends in the number …

Using a uniquely constructed data set, we look at the ecologies of creative careers in film/TV-
drama/theatre, using a detailed interview questionnaire case study of eighty-two prominent …

This study examines how status conflicts serve as a mechanism underlying the negative
impact of status homophily on group performance. In short-term project groups without well …