Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on organisations

Abeledo Sanchis, Raúl Bacete Armengot, Guillem Sendra Moreno, Maria Álvarez Teresa, Fernando

Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on organisations.

This report originates from the research initiative promoted by Econcult in the framework of the European Interreg MED project "Chebec" (https://chebec.interreg-med.eu). Among the objectives of Chebec is to promote the empowerment of cultural organisations in entrepreneurship and internationalisation through a series of pilot initiatives including training, mentoring, mobility and access to funding.

Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of European Design Policy to Enable Innovation. The Case of Designscapes Project

Chuan Li & Pau Rausell-Köster

Cultural Crossovers and Social Sustainability. No.12(12), 5132

Design policy for innovation and prosperity has been acknowledged and adopted globally. Existing literature on design policy usually adopts a top-down perspective to analyse the components of the design innovation system and ignores the practical needs of practitioners. Our study aims to explore potential opportunities and challenges of design policies for design-enabled innovation from a bottom-up perspective. We firstly discussed the enabling role of design in the context of design as input, output and process of innovation with emphasis on design-enabled innovation conception; then European design policies are reviewed in terms of characteristics, priorities and strategies at EU,...

Design policy for innovation and prosperity has been acknowledged and adopted globally. Existing literature on design policy usually adopts a top-down perspective to analyse the components of the design innovation system and ignores the practical needs of practitioners. Our study aims to explore potential opportunities and challenges of design policies for design-enabled innovation from a bottom-up perspective. We firstly discussed the enabling role of design in the context of design as input, output and process of innovation with emphasis on design-enabled innovation conception; then European design policies are reviewed in terms of characteristics, priorities and strategies at EU, national and regional levels. Based on multiple case studies on the SWOT (i.e., Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of 50 European design innovation initiatives, we summarised eight dimensions of SWOT factors—organisation, production, performance, knowledge, environment, market, technology and institution—so as to identify main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that practitioners are facing, and discussed common and specific factors that might influence the identification of SWOT forces by taking into account country and sector factors. We concluded that European design policy is located at a point of intergenerational transition from awareness raising to capacity building, which calls for more coordinated policies to tackle current opportunities and challenges.

Mayors, Using Cultural Expenditure in An Opportunistic Way Improves the Chances of Re-Election, but Do Not Do It: Revisiting Political Budget Cycles

Sanjuán, Jordi Rausell, Pau Abeledo, Raül

Sustainability. No.2020, 12, 9095

This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle; that is, whether expenditure increases in the run up to an electoral process. Further, we analyze whether the increase in spending on Culture by local governments has any significant effect on the probability of local governments being re-elected. To answer these questions, a database of 350 medium-sized municipalities is used comprising the period 2011 to 2019, when two municipal elections were held in Spain; in 2015 and in 2019. The results confirm that both...

This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle; that is, whether expenditure increases in the run up to an electoral process. Further, we analyze whether the increase in spending on Culture by local governments has any significant effect on the probability of local governments being re-elected. To answer these questions, a database of 350 medium-sized municipalities is used comprising the period 2011 to 2019, when two municipal elections were held in Spain; in 2015 and in 2019. The results confirm that both total spending and spending on culture and sports, are tied to the electoral cycle, while expenditure on other merit goods is not. Moreover, using a logit model, it is confirmed that an increase in culture expenditure has a significant effect on the probability of the government being re-elected. Specifically, a one-third increase in cultural expenditure, as a proportion of total expenditure (e.g., passing from 6% to 8%) at local government level, improves re-election chances by almost 10%.

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Report on Analysis of Covid-19 Impacts in Chebec Project

Abeledo Sanchis, Raúl Bacete Armengot, Guillem Sendra Moreno, Maria

Report on Analysis of Covid-19 Impacts in Chebec Project.

Among the activities that have been put in place to analyze and understand this enormous change, a report produced by Econcult (University of Valencia) provides an overview of the challenges encountered and the efforts still to be made to maintain sustainable, free and diverse environments for creation, dissemination and access to cultural life.

Pages: 48

CULTURE FOR CITIES AND REGIONS. Successful investments in culture in European cities and regions: a catalogue of case studies.

Phillipe Kern Julie Herve Pau Rausell Peter Inkei Tom Flemming Valentina Montalto Nils Scheffler Arthur Legall

BID BOOK World Design Capital 2022. València.

María Lapiedra Mayte Aparisi Nuria Vicedo Pau Rausell Xavi Calvo

Documento desarrollado para la ciudad de Valencia con el objetivo de competir por la candidatura de la Capital Mundial del Diseño. Se trata de una etiqueta gestionada por la Organización Mundial del Diseño

Cultural city. A new intergrated perspective. 文化名城。 一个新的综合视角。

Rausell Köster, Pau

"The Belt and Road": Cultural Exchange and Cultural Brand.

This book is a compilation of the papers of the 2018 World Urban Culture Shanghai Forum co-organized by the Institute of Literature of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Theater Academy. The book contains more than 30 special papers on Shanghai’s urban development and cultural construction. Experts and scholars mainly carried out discussions and exchanges on topics such as urban historical and cultural inheritance and modern cultural innovation, continuation of urban context, and protection of urban characteristics.

Rong Yueming, edited by Huang Changyong

The Calatrava model: reflections on resilience and urban plasticity

Boix, Rafael Rausell, Pau Abeledo, Raül

The Role of Art and Culture for Regional and Urban Resilience.

This book analyses the influence of art and culture as an engine to promote the resilience of regional and urban economies. Under a multidiscplinary perspective, the book examines the contribution of some creative regions and cities as places in which processes of transformation, innovation and growth are activated in response to external pressures. Through different theoretical frameworks and empirical investigations and suggesting a critical discussion of the notion of resilience, the authors argue that cultural and creative resources may offer a sustainable model in order to afford different typologies of shocks. The book will appeal scholars of regional and urban science and cultural...

This book analyses the influence of art and culture as an engine to promote the resilience of regional and urban economies. Under a multidiscplinary perspective, the book examines the contribution of some creative regions and cities as places in which processes of transformation, innovation and growth are activated in response to external pressures. Through different theoretical frameworks and empirical investigations and suggesting a critical discussion of the notion of resilience, the authors argue that cultural and creative resources may offer a sustainable model in order to afford different typologies of shocks. The book will appeal scholars of regional and urban science and cultural and creative economies and will open up a number of considerations for policy makers.

Cities as Enablers of Innovation

Concilio, Grazia Li, Chuan Rausell, Pau Tosoni, Ilaria

Innovation Capacity and the City: The Enabling Role of Design.

The relationship between cities and innovation in present times can be regarded from a distinctive perspective. As it is vital to rethink our development patterns, in order to contrast global warming and its ominous threats, cities are themselves concrete materials for innovation. Therefore, cities challenge the very same concept of innovation by adding the long-term perspective to its social assessment framework. Cities are therefore seen both as hotbeds of creativity and innovative culture and places where different actors (policy makers, civil servants, NGOs, citizens, start-uppers, entrepreneurs, etc.) receive continuous stimuli to engage in innovations that fulfil specific needs (be...

The relationship between cities and innovation in present times can be regarded from a distinctive perspective. As it is vital to rethink our development patterns, in order to contrast global warming and its ominous threats, cities are themselves concrete materials for innovation. Therefore, cities challenge the very same concept of innovation by adding the long-term perspective to its social assessment framework. Cities are therefore seen both as hotbeds of creativity and innovative culture and places where different actors (policy makers, civil servants, NGOs, citizens, start-uppers, entrepreneurs, etc.) receive continuous stimuli to engage in innovations that fulfil specific needs (be they market, organisational or community related).