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HR 4.0 Practices in the Post-COVID-19 Scenario
by Gurinder Singh Silky Sharma Brig. Hardeep Singh Dhanny Vikas GargThis new volume examines the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its embrace of the digital revolution on human resources management practices, providing a better understanding of the emerging role of HR 4.0 and equipping HR professionals with the knowledge they need to chart plausible future organizational directions. The book will familiarize readers with the most relevant and latest concepts of HR 4.0 practices, providing tools for solutions to complex problems in managing a multigenerational workforce in this volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. The chapter authors discuss an array of topics, including the work-from-home transition, digitization of the workforce, employee work-life balance, task automation technologies via AI, HRM curriculum at schools and universities, employee development, e-recruitment, internal marketing, and more.
VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience (Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management #10, Part B)
by Deepmala Singh Kiran Sood Sandeep Kautish Simon GrimaCompany executives need strategic flexibility in VUCA to maintain an advantage alongside business analytics, helping them achieve a competitive edge by providing timely insights, optimizing business processes, and generating growth and innovation opportunities. Strategic questions arise as firms begin their business analytics programmes, and VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience brings together specialists from different disciplines and continents to provide answers. The chapters discuss organizational justice, sustainable HR, machine learning, and more, providing future roadmaps to minimise disruption during occurrences like the COVID-19-related worldwide catastrophe and the ramifications for managers and policymakers. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.
VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience (Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management #10, Part B)
by Deepmala Singh, Kiran Sood, Sandeep Kautish, and Simon GrimaCompany executives need strategic flexibility in VUCA to maintain an advantage alongside business analytics, helping them achieve a competitive edge by providing timely insights, optimizing business processes, and generating growth and innovation opportunities. Strategic questions arise as firms begin their business analytics programmes, and VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience brings together specialists from different disciplines and continents to provide answers. The chapters discuss organizational justice, sustainable HR, machine learning, and more, providing future roadmaps to minimise disruption during occurrences like the COVID-19-related worldwide catastrophe and the ramifications for managers and policymakers. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.
VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience (Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management #10, Part A)
by Deepmala Singh Kiran Sood Sandeep Kautish Simon GrimaCompany executives need strategic flexibility in VUCA to maintain an advantage alongside business analytics, helping them achieve a competitive edge by providing timely insights, optimizing business processes, and generating growth and innovation opportunities. Strategic questions arise as firms begin their business analytics programmes, and VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience brings together specialists from different disciplines and continents to provide answers. The chapters discuss descriptive/diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics tools and how they might be used to investigate 'black swan' occurrences like the COVID-19-related worldwide catastrophe and the ramifications for managers and policymakers. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.
VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience (Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management #10, Part A)
by Deepmala Singh, Kiran Sood, Sandeep Kautish, and Simon GrimaCompany executives need strategic flexibility in VUCA to maintain an advantage alongside business analytics, helping them achieve a competitive edge by providing timely insights, optimizing business processes, and generating growth and innovation opportunities. Strategic questions arise as firms begin their business analytics programmes, and VUCA and Other Analytics in Business Resilience brings together specialists from different disciplines and continents to provide answers. The chapters discuss descriptive/diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics tools and how they might be used to investigate 'black swan' occurrences like the COVID-19-related worldwide catastrophe and the ramifications for managers and policymakers. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.
Destination Boardroom: Secrets of a Discrete Profession - Executive Search Unveiled
by Eelco van EijckIn Destination Boardroom seasoned executive search consultant and board member Eelco van Eijck introduces readers to the mysterious world of headhunting. Its practitioners play a pivotal role in finding and positioning leaders for today’s challenging business and public arenas. Based on 20 years’ expertise and input from leading executives and management thinkers, Eelco shares honest and intriguing insights into the journey to the boardroom, answering key questions such as: How is today’s leadership talent really sought and found? Executive search is by nature discrete and mysterious. What do its practitioners actually do? What are the true mechanisms behind the journey to the boardroom? Leadership is being profoundly re-shaped by the quest for sustainability and the tsunami of digitization. Given this, what traits will set the future-ready apart? How can hiring organizations maximise their chances of a successful hire (and rise above board politics)? How is digitization changing executive search (and what won’t change?) How are successful modern organizations governed, designed, and managed? In what ways must executive search evolve to earn the status of a true profession and be fit for the 21st century? Destination Boardroom is the ideal read for any business looking to improve their hiring or any executive wishing to get noticed and advance their career to the next level.
Destination Boardroom: Secrets of a Discrete Profession - Executive Search Unveiled
by Eelco van EijckIn Destination Boardroom seasoned executive search consultant and board member Eelco van Eijck introduces readers to the mysterious world of headhunting. Its practitioners play a pivotal role in finding and positioning leaders for today’s challenging business and public arenas. Based on 20 years’ expertise and input from leading executives and management thinkers, Eelco shares honest and intriguing insights into the journey to the boardroom, answering key questions such as: How is today’s leadership talent really sought and found? Executive search is by nature discrete and mysterious. What do its practitioners actually do? What are the true mechanisms behind the journey to the boardroom? Leadership is being profoundly re-shaped by the quest for sustainability and the tsunami of digitization. Given this, what traits will set the future-ready apart? How can hiring organizations maximise their chances of a successful hire (and rise above board politics)? How is digitization changing executive search (and what won’t change?) How are successful modern organizations governed, designed, and managed? In what ways must executive search evolve to earn the status of a true profession and be fit for the 21st century? Destination Boardroom is the ideal read for any business looking to improve their hiring or any executive wishing to get noticed and advance their career to the next level.
The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity
by Paul J. Maurer Ed SkoudisA comprehensive and practical framework for ethical practices in contemporary cybersecurity While some professions – including medicine, law, and engineering – have wholeheartedly embraced wide-ranging codes of ethics and conduct, the field of cybersecurity continues to lack an overarching ethical standard. This vacuum constitutes a significant threat to the safety of consumers and businesses around the world, slows commerce, and delays innovation. The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity delivers a first of its kind comprehensive discussion of the ethical challenges that face contemporary information security workers, managers, and executives. Authors Ed Skoudis, President of the SANS Technology Institute College and founder of the Counter Hack team, and Dr. Paul Maurer, President of Montreat College, explain how timeless ethical wisdom gives birth to the Cybersecurity Code which is currently being adopted by security practitioners and leaders around the world. This practical book tells numerous engaging stories that highlight ethically complex situations many cybersecurity and tech professionals commonly encounter. It also contains compelling real-world case studies – called Critical Applications – at the end of each chapter that help the reader determine how to apply the hands-on skills described in the book. You'll also find: A complete system of cybersecurity ethics relevant to C-suite leaders and executives, front-line cybersecurity practitioners, and students preparing for careers in cybersecurity. Carefully crafted frameworks for ethical decision-making in cybersecurity. Timeless principles based on those adopted in countless professions, creeds, and civilizations. Perfect for security leaders, operations center analysts, incident responders, threat hunters, forensics personnel, and penetration testers, The Code of Honor is an up-to-date and engaging read about the ethically challenging world of modern cybersecurity that will earn a place in the libraries of aspiring and practicing professionals and leaders who deal with tech every day.
Digitalisierung und Kulturwandel: Strategien für die moderne Arbeitswelt – ein Wegweiser
by Josef HergetDieses Buch zeigt die Bedeutung des Kulturwandels bei der Digitalisierung von Arbeitsprozessen, der Gestaltung neuer Arbeitsumgebungen und der Realisierung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle. Dieser Faktor wird zumeist in der Literatur zwar immer wieder betont und als wichtig erachtet, es fehlen jedoch konkrete Vorgehensschritte und die Integration in ein integriertes Kulturkonzept der Unternehmen. Gerade die bewusste Gestaltung der hybrider Unternehmenskultur ermöglicht es, die Potentiale der Leistungssteigerung gemeinsam mit der Zufriedenheit und Produktivität der Mitarbeiter zu vereinbaren. In dieser überarbeiteten und erweiterten 2. Auflage werden konkrete Konzepte vorgestellt, wie die digitale Transformation methodisch mit der veränderten Unternehmenskultur umgesetzt werden kann. Dieses praxeologisch orientierte Buch bietet Unternehmen und Beratern bewährte Modelle, Konzepte und Vorgehensweisen, damit die digitale Transformation nachhaltig gelingen kann.
Transition to the Circular Economy Model: The Case of Turkey (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
by Natalya KetenciThis edited volume provides a multisectoral, multidisciplinary analysis of the circular economy in Turkey. The chapters delve into different segments of the economy, monitoring the progress of the transition to circularity as it is occurring. Written by experts in the circular economy, chapters touch on different aspects of the sustainability transition—from AI and entrepreneurship to luxury fashion to green finance. Chapters also refer directly to applicable UN Sustainable Development Goals, noting the progress made towards related development targets. This volume will be of use to students, academicians, experts, and professionals interested and working on different aspects of circular and green economies.
Implementation and Benefits of Digital Twin on Decision Making and Data Quality Management
by Florian BlaschkeDigital twin technology is becoming important for the realization of Industry 4.0 using cyber-physical systems (CPS) and information technology. CPS form the backbone to support the creation of a network for decentralized and autonomous decision-making. The design principles for Industry 4.0 serve as guidelines for virtualization concepts that are virtual copies of the physical world and create a link between the real and virtual worlds to collect data and monitor processes, the so-called digital twin. In this book, a theoretical digital twin-driven decision-making model has been developed that combines corporate data quality management, a process digital twin, and a model-driven decision support system. It leverages the benefits of the digital twin to create, test and build a process in the virtual world that supports decision making by combining data, analytics and visualization of insights to help managers make better decisions
Online Education During COVID-19 and Beyond: Opportunities, Challenges and Outlook (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
by Silvia Puiu Samuel O. IdowuThis book aims to provide sustainable solutions for better understanding and management of online education in different parts of the world. In this context, it explores the attitudes and perceptions of stakeholders, such as students, faculty, and other actors on issues related to online education. In particular, it examines the challenges they have faced over the years when online courses were introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A model is proposed that includes five variables: specific communication issues in online education, the ability of professors to offer online courses, the quality of online education, students' perceived stress during online education, and the technical requirements of online education.The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the new and future ways of teaching and learning.Chapter “When a Phenomenon-Based University Course Went Online: Students’ Experiences and Reflections After Sauna Bathing” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Sustainable Innovations in Management in the Digital Transformation Era: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovations in Management in The Digital Transformation Era (SIMDTE 2023), Bahrain
by Rania Nafea Shabana Faizal Dorota Jelonek Narendra Kumar Jayendira P. Sankar Ilona Pawe 322 OszekIt is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the recently concluded conference, held on May 2–3, 2023, in the beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain. This pivotal conference was focused on “Sustainable Innovations in Management in the Digital Transformation Era”. In an age defined by rapid technological advancements and digital innovation, the way we understand and carry out management is continually evolving. The conference brought together thought leaders, industry professionals, academ□ics, and innovators from around the globe to share insights, exchange ideas, and cata□lyze change. The digital transformation era has not only revolutionized our personal lives but has significantly impacted the business landscape. It became a strategic prior□ity, driving companies to reassess their business models, reinvent their strategies, and redefine their value propositions. Amidst this change, ensuring sustainability, building resilient, adaptable, and future-proof businesses became a central theme.
Sustainable Innovations in Management in the Digital Transformation Era: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovations in Management in The Digital Transformation Era (SIMDTE 2023), Bahrain
by Rania Nafea Shabana Faizal Dorota Jelonek Narendra Kumar Jayendira P. Sankar Ilona PaweloszekIt is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the recently concluded conference, held on May 2–3, 2023, in the beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain. This pivotal conference was focused on “Sustainable Innovations in Management in the Digital Transformation Era”. In an age defined by rapid technological advancements and digital innovation, the way we understand and carry out management is continually evolving. The conference brought together thought leaders, industry professionals, academ□ics, and innovators from around the globe to share insights, exchange ideas, and cata□lyze change. The digital transformation era has not only revolutionized our personal lives but has significantly impacted the business landscape. It became a strategic prior□ity, driving companies to reassess their business models, reinvent their strategies, and redefine their value propositions. Amidst this change, ensuring sustainability, building resilient, adaptable, and future-proof businesses became a central theme.
The Economy of Saudi Arabia in the 21st Century: Prospects and Realities (Middle East Political Economy)
This book is about Saudi Arabia's efforts to overhaul its economy and the numerous prospects and challenges it faces in doing so. As one of the world's leading oil producers, the outcomes of the most ambitious wave of reforms Saudi Arabia has ever undertaken will provide valuable lessons not only for the kingdom itself but also for other oil-dependent and resource-based economies. Since 2016, Saudi Arabia has embarked on an unparalleled economic - if not social and political - transformation project with an ultimate aim of diversifying away from oil. New sources of growth such as tourism, industry, and entertainment have been identified, but it remains to be seen whether these will be enough to sustain the economy in the post-oil era. Reforms, including lowering energy subsidies, instituting VAT, and introducing indirect taxes on labor and businesses, have already produced notable results. Looking ahead, the economy requires rigorous and continuous processes of severe competition amongst its private sector participants as well as strong institutions. It also requires creative destruction to be allowed to run its course within the wider economy. The economic reform experiment undertaken by Saudi Arabia remains the most sweeping among emerging market economies - and certainly in the entire Middle East. The changes are all encompassing and involve a complex redrawing of the political, economic, religious, and social map.
The Economy of Saudi Arabia in the 21st Century: Prospects and Realities (Middle East Political Economy)
by John SfakianakisThis book is about Saudi Arabia's efforts to overhaul its economy and the numerous prospects and challenges it faces in doing so. As one of the world's leading oil producers, the outcomes of the most ambitious wave of reforms Saudi Arabia has ever undertaken will provide valuable lessons not only for the kingdom itself but also for other oil-dependent and resource-based economies. Since 2016, Saudi Arabia has embarked on an unparalleled economic - if not social and political - transformation project with an ultimate aim of diversifying away from oil. New sources of growth such as tourism, industry, and entertainment have been identified, but it remains to be seen whether these will be enough to sustain the economy in the post-oil era. Reforms, including lowering energy subsidies, instituting VAT, and introducing indirect taxes on labor and businesses, have already produced notable results. Looking ahead, the economy requires rigorous and continuous processes of severe competition amongst its private sector participants as well as strong institutions. It also requires creative destruction to be allowed to run its course within the wider economy. The economic reform experiment undertaken by Saudi Arabia remains the most sweeping among emerging market economies - and certainly in the entire Middle East. The changes are all encompassing and involve a complex redrawing of the political, economic, religious, and social map.
Intelligent Systems and Computing (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #207)
by Bing-Yuan Cao Shu-Feng Wang Seyed Hadi Nasseri Yu-Bin ZhongThis book includes high quality research papers submitted at the 2022 “Four Session (ICFIE, ICORG, GDORS, CGHMORS) Celebration” Joint International Conference held on December 28, 2022 and the online meeting of the Fuzzy Information and Engineering Branch of the China Operations Research Society on September 17, 2022. It covers topics in the fields of certainty, stochastic uncertainty, and fuzzy uncertainty, including computer science and mathematics, operations research and control, artificial intelligence, information and engineering technology, barrier-free communication for people with disabilities, digital logistics and knowledge representation, medical applications, queuing theory and game theory, algorithms and optimization methods. The book is a valuable reference book for scholars, engineers, management professionals, and graduate, undergraduate, and vocational students interested in computer science, mathematics, and fuzzy mathematics and operations research, as well as their applications in information technology and engineering.
Effektives Bau-Projektmanagement: Grundlagen, Methoden und Best Practices
by Shymaa El-AboodiDieses Lehrbuch vermittelt die wesentlichen Methoden des Projektmanagements. Das Lehrbuch ist systematisch aufgebaut und enthält praktische Anwendungshilfen für die Projektarbeit. Es gibt einen versändlichen Überblick über die Methoden, Werkzeuge und Best Practices, die für eine effiziente Leitung von Bau-Projekten genutzt werden können. Das Das Buch möchte Einsteiger:innen in die Thematik dabei unterstützen, die Herausforderung der Projektarbeit zu meistern und ihre Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse als Projekt-Manager:in weiterzuentwickeln.
Kartellrecht: Grundlagen des deutschen und europäischen Kartellrechts (essentials)
by Immo SchulerIn diesem essential werden die Grundlagen des deutschen und europäischen Kartellrechts kurz und übersichtlich aufbereitet. Nach einer kurzen wettbewerbstheoretischen Einführung zu den Zielen des Kartellrechts vermittelt der Autor zunächst die Grundlagen der „3 Säulen“ des Kartellrechts, das heißt des Kartellverbots, des Verbots des Missbrauchs einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung sowie der Zusammenschlusskontrolle. Dabei werden die jeweiligen Eingriffsvoraussetzungen, nach deutschem und nach europäischem Kartellrecht, ebenso beleuchtet wie die möglichen Rechtsfolgen im Falle eine Kartellrechtsverstoßes. Abschließend wird die weiterhin an Bedeutung gewinnende private Durchsetzung kartellrechtlicher Schadensersatzansprüche dargestellt.
Industrial Engineering and Applications – Europe: 11th International Conference, ICIEA-EU 2024, Nice, France, January 10–12, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #507)
by Shey-Huei SheuThis book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2024, held in Nice, France, during January 10-12, 2024. The 16 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. They focus on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices in industrial engineering and its applications.
Resilient Smart Cities: Theoretical and Empirical Insights (The Urban Book Series)
by Ayyoob Sharifi Pourya SalehiThis book provides a thorough guide to building resilient cities, through the use of smart solutions enabled by information and communication technologies. It introduces innovative approaches for integrating smart solutions into urban resilience planning and offers numerous global case studies to illustrate the benefits of the theories discussed. Against a background of increased natural disasters, pandemics, and climate change, this book answers research questions such as: • Do smart city projects contribute to urban climate resilience?• What are the indicators of smart city resilience?• What procedures should be taken to improve efficacy of smart city solutions?• What are the opportunities and challenges for promoting smart city resilience and for integrating resilience thinking into smart city planning? Including contributions from international experts, explanatory illustrations, and data-driven tables, this book is of interest to researchers, policymakers, and graduate students focused on developing more sustainable, smart, and resilient cities.
Sustainability Leadership: Wie Führungskräfte mitteltständischer Unternehmen Nachhaltigkeit verankern können (essentials)
by Wolfgang Zimmermann Felix Richter Andre StuerDas Buch zeigt, wie Mittelstands- und Familienunternehmen die Nachhaltigkeitswende ihres Unternehmens mit Hilfe von Sustainability Leadership meistern können. Denn zunehmende staatliche Vorgaben und die ökologische Transformation veranlassen viele Unternehmer dazu, sich aktiv mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen. Dabei stehen Unternehmen und Organisationen vor neuen Herausforderungen – alte Führungs- und Managementmuster passen nicht mehr. Als Führungskraft ist es nicht immer leicht, angesichts hoher Komplexität und Unsicherheit die Orientierung zu behalten und die eigene Unternehmensstrategie mit den Bedürfnissen von Mitarbeitenden und externen Stakeholdern in Einklang zu bringen. Die Autoren zeigen anhand von praxisnahen Beispielen und konkreten Werkzeugen einen ganzheitlichen und integrativen Leadershipansatz auf, wie Führungskräfte mittelständischer Unternehmen Nachhaltigkeit erfolgreich in ihrem Unternehmen verankern können. Besonders bemerkenswert: Dies kann die Geburtsstunde eines „Unternehmertum 2.0“ sein. Es basiert auf den oftmals tiefen Wurzeln des Unternehmens und neuen, innovativen Perspektiven. Interviews mit Unternehmerpersönlichkeiten vermitteln Impulse und geben Einblicke zu ihren Erfahrungen mit der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation.
Managing the Post-Colony: Voices from Aotearoa, Australia and The Pacific (Managing the Post-Colony)
by Gavin Jack Michelle Evans Billie Lythberg Jason MikaThis edited book is the second in the book series “Managing the Post-Colony”. The book series is co-edited by Nimruji Jammulamadaka (IIM Calcutta, India) and Gavin Jack (Monash University, Australia). The book series seeks to present cutting-edge, critical, interdisciplinary, and geographically and culturally diverse perspectives on the contemporary nature, experience, and theorisation of managing and organising under conditions of postcoloniality. This book specifically presents voices and perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and The Pacific, locations with shared and distinctive histories and present-day experiences of colonisation and imperialism. Ways of managing, organising, and doing business in these places demonstrate cultural continuity and change in such histories, present sites of postcolonial struggle, and diverse prospects for self-determined future-making. The book explores struggles and prospects of managing in the post-colony through qualitative empirical cases, historical and legal studies, conceptual essays and provocations, and interviews with Indigenous business leaders. It contributes to the ongoing diversification, provincialisation, and decolonisation of management and organisation studies and practice. A strong focus is placed on diverse Indigenous knowledges and experiences, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Pasifika, and Māori peoples, and insights into the capacity for Indigenous culture-specific modes of business to offer decolonising futures.
Finanzcoaching in der Praxis: Die erfolgreiche Synergie von Zahl, Geld und Mensch (essentials)
by Monika MüllerDieses essential bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die Definition und den Stellenwert von Finanzcoaching. Sie erhalten einen Überblick über die internationale Forschung auf diesem Gebiet und erfahren, welche entscheidende Rolle die Psychologie bei Finanzentscheidungen spielt. Die Autorin stellt die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse vor, die klären, ob Verstand, Intuition oder Gefühl für gute Entscheidungen ausschlaggebend sind. Finanzcoaching beginnt mit der Diagnostik, die die Messung der Risikobereitschaft ebenso einbezieht wie die biografische Arbeit an den individuellen psychodynamischen Auswirkungen von Geldprojektionen. Der Leser erfährt, wie Coaching hilft, ungünstige Entscheidungsmuster abzulegen und neue erfolgreich umzusetzen. Praktische Einblicke in den Beruf des Finanzcoaches und die zugrunde liegenden Kernkompetenzen runden das Buch ab. Sie erweitern Ihr Verständnis von Finanzcoaching und können die Erkenntnisse aus diesem Buch für Ihren eigenen Erfolg nutzen.
The Neapolitan Creative Economy: The Growth of the Music Market and Creative Sector in Naples, 17th–19th Centuries (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)
by Rossella Del PreteThis book analyses the emergence and growth of the creative sector in Naples between the early modern and modern eras, focusing particularly on the development of music markets in the city. From the seventeenth century, Naples became one of the most culturally enriched regions in the Italian peninsula, with internationally known music schools, theatres and opera venues attracting visitors from across Europe in a burgeoning tourist market. This book sheds light on the driving economic factors and political contexts behind this key case study for the early growth of the opera and music sector in Europe. Starting with a discussion of the value of economic history to understanding cultural industries, the chapters approach this analysis through multiple lenses: the formation of human capital as the result of Naples’ institutional urban welfare system; the role of cultural consumption as it evolved from a primarily religious activity to growing popular demand; and the rolethat central city authorities played in encouraging cultural activity through private investment and public policy. The book also draws on fascinating archival research to examine the contribution of Naples’ music conservatories in the local creative economy. This book is a valuable resource to a broad range of readers, including those working in economic history, tourism history, the history of music and theatre, Italian social history and more.