How and Where the R&D Takes Place in Creative Industries? Digital Investment Strategies of the Book Publishing Sector

Pierre-Jean Benghozi () and Elisa Salvador
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Pierre-Jean Benghozi: X-DEP-MIE - Département de Management de l'Innovation et Entreprenariat de l'École polytechnique - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris

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Abstract: The innovative and strategic models of creative industries (CIs) in the digital economy are capturing an increasing interest in recent years. Yet, most of the literature deals with creation and talent and very little with technological and innovation perspectives. Innovation is in general considered from a single viewpoint: a means to develop new creative contents. This paper investigates an important issue surprisingly neglected in scientific literature and public reports: the topic of R&D and technological innovations in CIs. The paper characterizes how and where R&D takes place in the book publishing industry. A systematic identification of R&D developments concerning e-book technology has been achieved using an original methodology set up to feature the technological strategic evolutions. The results provide a reliable cartography of the value chain through an adaptation of the OSI layers model. This framework helps to understand the new digital ecosystem of the book publishing sector and the strategies carried out by the editorial houses.

Keywords: creative industries; publishing industries; R&D; value chain; e-book (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Technology Analysis&Strategic Management, 2016, 28 (5), pp.568 - 582

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