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Chapter 3 explicates the drivers of Hollywood’s global competitive advantage combining and harmonizing perspectives from various fields of study. First, the economic drivers are analyzed within the “national diamond” framework: factor conditions, relating and supporting industries, demand conditions, and strategy/structure/rivalry conditions. Subsequently, the analysis is enriched with an interdisciplinary approach, enabling the study to shed light on the potential threats to Hollywood’s global primacy in an evolving landscape.
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Sigismondi, P. (2012). The Drivers of Hollywood’s Competitive Advantage. In: The Digital Glocalization of Entertainment. The Economics of Information, Communication and Entertainment, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0908-3_3
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