New forms of finance and funding in the cultural and creative industries. Introduction to the special issue

This Special Issue seeks to address the perennial question of support options for cultural and creative industries (exacerbated due impact COVID-19) by bringing together articles that examine explain various dynamics in CCI financing funding. The are diverse their approaches, methods data. They range from conceptual, qualitative, case studies, analyses based on survey data granular ‘big data’. mainly digital fundraising technologies investment practices. Strikingly absent this collection studies modes funding which governments public providers occupy center stage. Innovation appears be more result new modalities (i.e., technology-driven) than fundamental shifts thoughts about how economy could approached should financially sustained. suggest emergence a paradigm, steps away clear demarcation between private terms interests modes. paradigm embraces collaborative mechanisms such as crowdfunding, incubator accelerator finance, other pooled investments, well facilitate asset finance tokenized Future research themes being suggested: merging project with structural budgets, business models improved labor market conditions technology-driven aids, transaction costs, issues related regulation legislation.