Understanding innovation in creative industries: knowledge bases and innovation performance in art restoration organisations

This paper studies innovation in the creative industry of art restoration, which is characterised by an intensive use of symbolic knowledge. Using the resource-based view of the firm as a theoretical framework, this study adapts Community Innovation Survey (CIS) methodology to this industry, creatin...

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Autores:
De Miguel Molina, Blanca
Hervas Oliver, Jose Luis
Boix Domenech, Rafael
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Corporación Universidad de la Costa
Repositorio:
REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/4181
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/11323/4181
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
Palabra clave:
Art restoration
Creative industries
Cultural industries
Innovation
Knowledge bases
Resource-based view
Symbolic-based industry
Restauración de arte
Industrias creativas
Industrias culturales
Innovación
Bases de conocimiento
Vista basada en recursos
Industria basada en símbolos
Rights
openAccess
License
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Summary:This paper studies innovation in the creative industry of art restoration, which is characterised by an intensive use of symbolic knowledge. Using the resource-based view of the firm as a theoretical framework, this study adapts Community Innovation Survey (CIS) methodology to this industry, creating and exploiting a unique dataset from the restoration departments of museums in 43 countries on 5 continents. The results suggest that the type and composition of the knowledge bases in play influence a department’s absorptive capacity to access external information sources and thereby impact innovative outcomes. The article contributes to innovation literature by capturing innovation processes in a symbolic-based industry.