The process of value generation in cultural creative industries

Cultural creative industries (CCIs) are the new industrial patterns in the knowledge-based economy. They have been an important parts of the government sponsors fields. CCIs have many characteristics such as individual knowledge intensive, high value added, and intangibles. CCIs activities not only directly promotes the level of a personal life but drives the industries´ upgrades. Hence, this research approaches the process of value generation in cultural and creative industries (CCIs) using the theory of intellectual capital consists of human, structural and social capitals, and the concept of knowledge management. To understand the generated value of the artistic/creative goods/services producing from the artists/creators, the study adopts the idea of value chain to construct the possible procedures. Furthermore, the study introduces the key role, intermediates, in dealing with the businesses between artists/creators and customers. The result of this study is not only pertinent to a further understanding toward multi-dimensions within CCIs but in the hope to construct a possible framework hence the customers can realize the process of value generation.