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标题：Wrestling with or Embracing Digitization in the Music Industry: The Contrasting Business Strategies of J-pop and K-pop
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作者：Jimmyn Parc ; Nobuko Kawashima
期刊名称：Kritika Kultura
印刷版ISSN：1656-152X
出版年度：2018
期号：30/31
页码：23-48
DOI：10.13185/2791
语种：English
出版社：Department of English of Ateneo de Manila University
其他摘要：Digitization has significantly changed the process for producing and consuming music: from analogue to digital, albums to songs, possess to access, audio to visual, and end products to promotional products. In this globalized digital era, actively embracing digitization would likely help enhance the competitiveness of the music industry. The rise of K-pop and the decline of J-pop clearly demonstrate the different results from whether to embrace or wrestle with digitization. The Korean music industry recognized changes brought on by digitization earlier and was more active in responding with effective strategies. By contrast, the Japanese music industry did not immediately respond to these changes but stuck to its rent-seeking behavior in order to take advantage of its larger market size and “sophisticated” copyright regime. The implications from this paper is that business activities are the core element for creating and enhancing competitiveness of the music industries.
关键词：J-pop;K-pop;Hallyu;music industry;digitization;cultural industry