The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industries: a literature review and future research agenda

Khlystova, O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-1329, Kalyuzhnova, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-8837 and Belitski, M. (2022) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industries: a literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Business Research, 139. pp. 1192-1210. ISSN 0148-2963 doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.062

Abstract/Summary

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected countless businesses, leading to serious disruptions for many industries. Drawing on the resilience literature, this study offers an understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industries and their response to the challenges they have encountered. This study reviews 59 papers following the systematic literature review approach and reveals several positive implications of the COVID-19 pandemic within the creative industries (e.g., IT and software) as well as the negative (the music industry, festivals, cultural events). Identifying six themes related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creative industries, we develop a response matrix based on the discussion of firms’ digital capabilities and their ability to adapt to the COVID-19 crisis. We outline future research directions using a Theory-Context-Characteristics-Methodology (TCCM) framework.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-pure-test.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/101201
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.062
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Central Services Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour Henley Business School > Digitalisation, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
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