Worth attention: Montanari/Mizzau investigate the role of networks in the music recording industry and how they can affect the performance of the "independents", using the case of an independent Italian label (p.32-44). The article in the Market Research section reports on a study that analyses the effect of country of origin alongside the influence of critics and consumer competence on the development of film audiences' tastes (p.45-51).

Of special interest is the company profile, tracing the evolution of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the role of its director in managing the institution in times of turmoil and crisis, brought on by the end of perestroika and transition, and leading it successfully in the 21st century (p. 65-77).

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