Call for Papers: 13th Young Scholars’ Workshop of the International Music Business Research Days 2023

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The 14th International Music Business Research Days 2023

Call for Papers: Young Scholars’ Workshop

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The Young Scholars’ Workshop, as part of the 14th International Music Business Research Days (Kristiansand, Norway), invites once again young researchers to submit paper abstracts of all disciplines exploring questions that help understand economic and managerial problems as well as processes of the music business sector and in the field of music management.
We encourage early-stage researchers, either in the beginning of their doctorate projects, or in the beginning of their academic careers, to submit paper abstracts.

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There are many questions that call for investigation and need to be discussed in music business research, for example:

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DIGITAL CHANGE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
• Influence of AI tools on the music industry
• Streaming and power dynamics
• Copyright and AI
• New digital platforms such as web3, metaverse and blockchain based platforms
• Fan engagement
• Locality in globality
• Change in business models, markets and value chain

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POLICY AND LEGISLATION
• Sustainability
• Cultural policy and entrepreneurship
• Social worth as economic performance
• Commodification and capitalism
• Cross border licensing

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MUSIC BUSINESS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
• Entrepreneurship pedagogy
• Labor conditions and new competences
• Music and health
• Curriculum in music business education
• Between business and education. How to prepare students for the music industry that is in flux?

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These research questions are not exhaustive, papers may also address other aspects.

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The workshop organizers strongly encourage submissions from students at all levels of MA & PhD. Students are supposed to work on their MA or PhD thesis and discuss it with senior researchers of music business research.

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Abstracts (of up to 500 words) are due by June 15, 2023 and full papers (6-8000 words) are due by October 15, 2023. Only abstracts and papers submitted on time will be considered.

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A maximum of 6-8 papers will be selected for presentation to guarantee a workshop atmosphere. The sessions will combine paper presentations and discussions including interactive elements. Information on the acceptance of the paper proposal will be sent until July 10, 2023, at the latest.

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Please email your submission to imbrd@uia.no marked with YSW, 2023.

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Paper proposals and final papers must be submitted as pdf documents and should include contact information, at least affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number and postal address of the author(s).

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Call for Papers: Young Scholars’ Workshop

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Music Business Research 2016 – in retrospective

Dear readers of the music business research blog,

2016 seems to be the pivotal year in the recorded music industry. Although no annual statistics have been published until yet, we can take it for granted that the positive trend of 2015 continued in 2016. In 2015, the global recorded music market expanded by 3.4%. The US-market slightly grew by 0.9% and the German recorded music sales even increased by 4.4%.

The booming music streaming market was of course the main driver for the economic recovery of the recorded music business in 2015 and we can expect a further growth in 2016 and the upcoming year. The revenue growth of the streaming business compensated for the decline in CD sales, despite decreasing music download sales as highlighted in “The fate of the CD – an international CD-market analysis”. However, an in-depth analysis of the statistics unveils very different market dynamics in various countries. Whereas music streaming is the main business of the recorded music industry in Scandinavia, CD sales are still relevant in Germany and in Japan (see “The Music Streaming Market Revisited, 2011-2015”).