On Hollywood: The Place, The Industry
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691162107 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"On Hollywood offers a lively and highly informative history of the origins and early growth of the Hollywood motion picture industry. The rest, as they say, is history." - Robert DeFillippi, Suffolk University" . Scott shows us the rich tapestry of personalities who created the Hollywood system. At the same time, he forcefully and effectively argues that it was self-interested intransigence and the lack of entrepreneurial vision within the New York based film industry that caused Hollywood to squander its early dominant position
The conceptual roots of his analysis go back to Alfred Marshall's theory of industrial districts and pick up on modern ideas about business clusters as sites of efficient and innovative production.On Hollywood builds on this work by adding major new empirical elements. Why is the U.S. He also addresses in detail the bases of Hollywood's long-standing creative energies and competitive advantages. By examining the history of motion-picture production from the early twentieth century to the present through this analytic lens