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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808374103321

Titolo

Case studies in cultural entrepreneurship : how to create relevant and sustainable institutions / / edited by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin and Lynne A. Sessions ; contributors, Nicholas DeMarco [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-3007-X

1-4422-3009-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations

Collana

American Association for State and Local History Book Series

Disciplina

069.0680973

069/.0680973

Soggetti

Museums - United States - Management

Museums - Canada - Management

Cultural property - United States - Management

Cultural property - Canada - Management

Entrepreneurship - United States

Entrepreneurship - Canada

Sustainability - United States

Sustainability - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Centre d'histoire de Montréal; Chapter Two: The Weeksville Heritage Center; Chapter Three: Becoming the Capital Region's Living Room; Chapter Four: America's River; Chapter Five: The Great Transformation at the Strong; Chapter Six: Cultural Entrepreneurship; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

"Case Studies in Cultural Entrepreneurship offers highly focused case studies that demonstrate the critical role entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking play in reinventing cultural organizations. The reader has access to the full complexity of the situation facing these leaders. Historical background, choices, actors, external and internal



forces, decision points, and results are detailed and examined in a way that is highly readable, approachable and accessible to a wide audience of professionals working in the museum field or with other cultural organizations"--Provided by publisher