The motivation for this research, which already started in 2005, was the sharp increase in competition between locations of the music business in Germany. This competition is driven above all by a comprehensive structural change in the media and communications industry, which consequently affects the structure of the music business. The dissolution of traditional boundaries between branches is characteristic for this structural change, so that it seemed reasonable to bring related markets into the analysis as well. At the centre of the investigation is the question which conditions contribute to securing and extending Hamburg as a frontrunner location for music in Germany.
Duration: 2005-2008
Christiane Matzen, M. A. •
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz •
Hardy Dreier, M. A. •
Prof. em. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink
Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
20148 Hamburg
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