The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Creative Industries: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Overview

Journal J Bus Res

Date 2021 Oct 11

PMID 34629569

Citations 24

Authors

Olena Khlystova

Yelena Kalyuzhnova

Maksim Belitski

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Abstract

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.

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