Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries (in English)

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge:
• A comprehensive view of entrepreneurship in the creative industries in both domestic and foreign conceptions by defining the different areas of this sector of the economy, objectives, specific marketing methods, its financing, measuring its economic as well as cultural value.
Competence:
• characterize the essence of the creative industries in Slovakia, their specifics and possibilities for further development as well as the development of creative clusters,
• make effective and practical use of available statistics and interpret them correctly in order to analyse the creative industries environment,
• critically evaluate the economic and cultural benefits of entrepreneurship in the creative industries,
• propose solutions and defend the budget of the selected cultural event.
Skill:
• interpret the specificities of enterprises operating in the creative industries on the basis of their life cycle and business activities,
• create a cultural event budget,
• perform basic analyses based on statistical data in the different sectors of the creative industries,
• to analyse the possibilities and alternatives of business development of creative industries enterprises in relation to regional aspects and the sector,
• apply the use of individual elements of the business environment in creative industries enterprises,
• apply individual marketing tools with regard to the specifics of creative industries enterprises,
• establish effective forms of cooperation with institutions supporting business development in the creative industries.

Indicative content

Thematic definition of the seminars:
1. Introduction to the aims and content of the course
2. Creative industries
3. Opportunities for the development of the creative industries in the Slovak Republic
4. Creative clusters
5. Cultural statistics
6. Methods of benchmarking cultural projects and organisations
7. Cultural programme, cultural project, cultural event
8. Internal and external evaluation within a cultural organization
9. Funding opportunities for the creative industries in Slovakia
10. Digital evolution in the creative industries
11. Specifics of marketing in a cultural institution, festival or cultural event
12. Marketing of theatre, dance and singing
13. Presentation and evaluation of the final term paper

Support literature

Basic literature:
1. KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária. Sponsorship as an alternative form of financing creative industries in developed European countries. In The Current Position of Companies in the Creative Industries in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic and the European Union. -České Budějovice : Vysoká škola evropské a regionálních studií, 2021. I-20-101-00 (100%).
2. KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária- MAJDÚCHOVÁ, Helena. Business models in the creative industries based on sustainability. In The Current Position of Companies in the Creative Industries in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic and the European Union. - České Budějovice : Vysoká škola evropské a regionálních studií, 2021. VEGA 1/0340/19 (50%), I-20-101-00 (50%).
3. KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária. Models of creative industries development in the Slovak Republic. In Entrepreneurial dimension of creative industry entities in the context of innovation and smart growth I. : Proceedings of scientific papers. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4778-9, pp. 22-29 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
4. MAJDÚCHOVÁ, Helena et al. Entrepreneurial dimension of creative industry entities in the context of innovation and smart growth I. : Proceedings of scientific papers. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4778-9, online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
5. ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka. The impact of the corona crisis on creative industries enterprises in the Slovak Republic. In Entrepreneurial dimension of creative industry entities in the context of innovation and smart growth I.: Proceedings of scientific papers. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4778-9, pp. 57-64 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
6. ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka. Development of selected sectors of creative industries in European countries. In Economics, Finance and Business Management 2019: Proceedings of Scientific Papers. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2019. ISBN 978-80-225-4680-5, pp. 539-544 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
7. ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka. Break-even point of creative industries enterprises in the conditions of crisis. In Economics and Management: scientific journal of the Faculty of Business Management of the University of Economics in Bratislava. - Bratislava: Faculty of Business Management of the University of Economics in Bratislava, 2020. ISSN 2454-1028, 2020, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 89-96 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
8. TRÚCHLIKOVÁ, Mária. Evaluation of financial health of creative industries companies. In The Current Position of Companies in the Creative Industries in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic and the European Union. - České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropské a
regionálních studií, 2021. I-20-101-00 (100%).
9. KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária - MAJDÚCHOVÁ, Helena - ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka. Entrepreneurship in the creative industries in the Slovak Republic (planned to be published by 08/2022), 1st ed., 200 p.
10. KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária – REMEŇOVÁ, Katarína. Price management in enterprises of creative and cultural industries : scientific monograph - 1st edition. - Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2022. - CD-ROM 87 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4999-8
Supplementary literature:
10. REMEŇOVÁ, Katarína – MAJDÚCHOVÁ, Helena – KINTLER, Jakub. Pricing in Creative Industry. 1st ed., Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2021. 216 p. ISBN 978-3-339-12346-6
11. KOTLER, Neil G. – Kotler, Phillip – Kotler, Wendy I. Museum Marketing and Strategy: Designing Missions, Building Audiences, Generating Revenue and Resources. 2nd ed., Hoboken: Wiley, 2016. 544 p. ISBN 978-1-119-36374-3
12. THROSBY, David. Economics and Culture. 1st ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 208 p. ISBN 0-521-58639-9
13. SMOLÍKOVÁ, Marta. Art Management. 1st ed.., Praha: VŠUP, 2008. 167 p. ISBN 978-80-86863-24-5.
14. TOWSE, Ruth. A Handbook of Cultural Economics. 2nd ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2011. 456 p. ISBN 978-18-48448-87-2
15. SNOWBALL, Jeanette D.. Measuring the value of culture: Methods and examples in cultural economics. Berlin: Springer Science & Business Media, 2007. 230 p. ISBN 978-3-540-74360-6
16. TROILO, Gabriele. Marketing In Creative Industries: Value, Experience and Creativity. 1st ed., New York: Macmillan International Higher Education, 2015. 384 p. ISBN 978-0230380240
17. ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka. Development of Cultural and Creative Industry in EU Countries. In Current Problems of the Corporate Sector 2019. International Scientific Conference. Current problems of the corporate sector 2019: proceedings of the international scientific conference, 2019, Ráztočno Handlová, Slovensko. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2019. ISBN 978-80-225-4618-8, pp. 404-410 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
18. MAJDÚCHOVÁ, Helena - KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária. Evaluation of economic performance of creative industries entities in the segment of publishing activity. In Economics, finance and business management - year 2020: Proceedings of Scientific Papers Issued to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the University of Economics in Bratislava. - Bratislava: EKONÓM Publishing House, 2020. ISBN 978-80-225-4749-9, pp. 356-363 online. VEGA 1/0340/19.
19. TRÚCHLIKOVÁ, Mária - KMETY BARTEKOVÁ, Mária. Concentration and measurement of competitiveness in selected sectors of creative industries. In COMPETITION. Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Scientific Conference COMPETITION. - Jihlava : College of Polytechnics Jihlava, 2020. ISBN 978-80-88064-52-7, pp. 418-427 online. VEGA 1/0340/19 (50%), I-20-101-0 (50%).

Syllabus

Thematic definition of the seminars: 1. Introduction to the aims and content of the course; study obligations, basic and supplementary literature, creativity and the creative class - sociological reflection on the paradigmatic break, creative people as the economic potential of the future 2. Creative industries - background, concept, brief history, creativity and its share in the value of the product, creative industries in selected EU countries and in the UK, case study - "Creative economy in Europe: 5 steps to growth" 3. Opportunities for the development of the creative industries in the Slovak Republic - on the way to a new cultural policy? , regional distribution of creative clusters in Slovakia, measuring the performance of the creative industries in Slovakia and their parameters 4. Creative clusters - networking of cultural activities as a driver of the economy of higher territorial units and a tool for streamlining business processes, Infrastructure and development of clusters, regional distribution of clusters in Slovakia, typology of clusters 5. Cultural statistics as a tool for orientation and monitoring in the complex of economic activities related to culture, the issue of cultural statistics in the history of economic reflection on culture, sources of cultural statistics and effective work with them 6. Methods of benchmarking cultural projects and organisations, GVA - gross value added per employee, calculation of labour productivity, index of cultural and creative cities, Data Envelopment analysis, continuous written work 7. Cultural programme, cultural project, cultural event, internal and external evaluation, planning and definition of evaluation objectives, project assignment, project staffing and labour relations in enterprises and institutions of the creative industries 8. Internal and external evaluation within a cultural organization, externalities, measurement of spillover effects, Baumol's cost discrepancy, examples from practice, case studies, ongoing consultation of the final term paper 9. Funding opportunities for the creative industries in Slovakia, the Arts Support Fund, the Grant System of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, authors' unions and associations (SOZA, LITA, OZIS, SAPA), support for the creative industries at the level of the European Union - the programme "Creative Europe". 10. Digital evolution in the creative industries, digital platforms for sharing music, films and their pricing policy, trends in digital dissemination and mediation of products to clients in crisis conditions, the Long tail model 11. Specifics of marketing in a cultural institution, festival or cultural event, audience building, the role of marketing in the creative industries, creating customer value, customer value analysis, identifying target audiences, solving a case study and discussion 12. Marketing of theatre, dance and singing, specifics of the performing arts, the role of sponsorship, sponsorship as a marketing tool in the performing and audiovisual arts, tax benefits for sponsors in EU countries 13. Presentation and evaluation of the final term paper - feasibility of the cultural or creative project, financing of the project itself and the level of budget processing, quality of the analysis of the external environment and its factors, evaluation of the staffing, evaluation of the sustainability of the project

Requirements to complete the course

40 % continuous written work, 60 % elaboration and presentation of the final term paper (exam)

Student workload

78 h (attendance at seminars 26 h, preparation for seminars 13 h, preparation for mid-term exam 13 h, preparation and presentation of final term paper 8 h, preparation for exam 18 h)

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English

Date of approval: 11.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 07.10.2023