research papers and reports

Applying an Innovation Cluster Framework to a Creative Industry: the case of screen-based media in Ontario, by Charles H. Davis, Tijs Creutzberg, and David Arthurs, Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice 11(2): 201-214, 2009.

Business Capabilities of Small Entrepreneurial Media Firms: Independent Production of Children's Television in Canada by Charles H. Davis, Florin Vladica, and Irene Berkowitz, Journal of Media Business Studies 5(1): 9-39, 2008.

Business Innovation and New Media Practices in Documentary Film Production and Distribution: Conceptual Framework and Review of Evidence, by Florin Vladica and Charles H. Davis, in A. Albarran, P. Faustino and R. Santos (eds.), The Media as a Driver of the Information Society. Lisbon: Media XXI/Formalpress and Universidade Catolica Editora, 2009.

Consumer Value and Modes of Media Reception: Audience Responses to the Computer-animated Psychorealist Documentary Ryan and its Own Documentation in Alter Egos, by Charles H. Davis and Florin Vladica, Palabra Clave 13(1): 13-30, 2010.

Getting on the Global Playlist: the Innovation Scorecard for New Product Development in Screen Media, by Charles H. Davis, Irene Berkowitz, and Nik Mills. Toronto: RTA Transmedia Centre, April 2012.

'If It Ain't on the Page, It Ain't on the Stage': Screenwriting, National Specificity and the English-Canadian Feature Film, by Janice Kaye and Charles H. Davis, Journal of Screenwriting 2(1): 61-83, 2010.

Indicators to Support Innovation Cluster Policy by David Arthurs, Erin Cassidy, Charles H. Davis, and David Wolfe, International Journal of Technology Management 46(3/4): 263-279, 2009.

Innovation and Knowledge Flows in the Financial Services and ICT Sectors of the Toronto Region, by David Wolfe, Charles H. Davis, Nicola Hepburn, Nik Mills, and Gale Moore. Report prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Toronto Region Research Alliance, and the City of Toronto, November, 2011.

International Production Outsourcing and the Development of Indigenous Film and Television Capabilities - the case of Canada, by Charles H. Davis and Janice Kaye. In G. Elmer, C. Davis, J. McCullough, and J. Marchessault, eds., Locating Migrating Media, 2010.

International Television Co-productions and the Cultural Discount: the Case of Family Biz, a Comedy, by Charles H. Davis and James Nadler. 9th World Media Management and Economics Conference, Bogota, June 2010.

Media Industry Clusters and Public Policy, by Charles H. Davis, pp. 72-98 in C. Karlsson and R. Picard, eds., Media Clusters Across the Globe: Developing, Expanding, and Reinvigorating Content Capabilities. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011.

New Firms in the Screen-based Media Industry: Startups, Self-employment, and Standing Reserve, by Charles H. Davis. In M. Deuze, ed., Managing Media Work, 2010.

Photographic Images, Culture, and Perception in Tourism Advertising: a Q Methodology Study of Canadian and Chinese University Students by Keith Dewar, Wei M. Li, and Charles H. Davis, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 22(2): 36-44, 2007.

La production audiovisuelle canadienne indépendante: Aides financières, diffusion et écoute, by Jean-Pierre Le Goff, Johanne Brunet, Charles H. Davis, Daniel Giroux, and Florian Sauveageau. Sainte-Foy, QC: Centre d’études sur les medias, Université Laval, 2011.  An English version has been published as Canada's Independent Production: funding, supply and audience.

Q Methodology in Audience Research: Bridging the Qualitative/Quantitative 'Divide'? by Charles H. Davis and Carolyn Michelle, Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 8(2): 527-561, 2011.

The Toronto Media Cluster: between culture and commerce, by Charles H. Davis, pp. 223-250 in C. Karlsson and R. Picard, eds., Media Clusters Across the Globe: Developing, Expanding, and Reinvigorating Content Capabilities. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011.

Value propositions of opera and theatre live in cinema, by Florin Vladica and Charles H. Davis.  For presentation at the World Media Management and Economics Conference, Greece, May, 2012.

Forthcoming

Innovation and Experience Goods: a Critical Appraisal of a Missing Dimension in Innovation Theory, by Richard Hawkins and Charles H. Davis (under review).

Innovation and Toronto's Cognitive-Cultural Economy, by Charles H. Davis and Nik Mills (under revision).

Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling, by Charles H. Davis, Jeremy Shtern, Michael Coutanche and Elizabeth Godo, in J. Grant (ed.), Seeking Talent for Creative Cities: the Social Dynamics of Innovation.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, in press.

The Showrunner: Creative, Economic, and Transmedia Coordination of Project-based production in the North American Television Industry, by James Nadler and Charles H. Davis.  Presented at the International Symposium on Media Innovations, Oslo, April 2012.

Transmedia Products and Audience Value, by Charles H. Davis.  Revised version of a paper presented at the International Symposium on Media Innovations, Oslo, April 2012.

Understanding Variation in Audience Engagement and Response: an Application of the Consolidated Model to Receptions of Avatar, by Carolyn Michelle, Charles H. Davis, and Florin Vladica, The Communication Review, in press.


Bibliography

Q-methodology in audience research, compiled by Charles H. Davis

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