"How and Where the R&D Takes Place in Creative Industries? Digital Investment Strategies of the Book Publishing Sector"

Pierre-Jean Benghozi (1) , Elisa Salvador (2)

1 X-DEP-MIE - Département de Management de l'Innovation et Entreprenariat de l'École polytechnique
2 ESSCA - Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers

The innovative and strategic models of creative industries (CIs) in the digital economy are capturing an increasing interest in recent years. Yet, most of the literature deals with creation and talent and very little with technological and innovation perspectives. Innovation is in general considered from a single viewpoint: a means to develop new creative contents. This paper investigates an important issue surprisingly neglected in scientific literature and public reports: the topic of R&D and technological innovations in CIs. The paper characterizes how and where R&D takes place in the book publishing industry. A systematic identification of R&D developments concerning e-book technology has been achieved using an original methodology set up to feature the technological strategic evolutions. The results provide a reliable cartography of the value chain through an adaptation of the OSI layers model. This framework helps to understand the new digital ecosystem of the book publishing sector and the strategies carried out by the editorial houses.

Mots clés: creative industries; publishing industries; R&D; value chain; e-book

Domaines: Gestion et management

Pierre-Jean Benghozi, Elisa Salvador. "How and Where the R&D Takes Place in Creative Industries? Digital Investment Strategies of the Book Publishing Sector". Technology Analysis&Strategic Management, 2016, 28 (5), pp.568 - 582. ⟨hal-02078881⟩