Internationalizing the Berlin music industry

For the Berlin Music Commission Multiplicities has drafted a vision paper on internationalization of Berlin as important location and destination for music-related industries. The analysis and comparison of international case studies of successful internationalization as well as examining potentials of the local Berlin music market reveal significant fields of action. From the results, nine precise theses on internationalization could be won, which were presented in a keynote at the conference Most Wanted: Music. The examination of internationalization policies points to the relevance of new methods of urban governance. The study offers approaches and examples of collaborative policymaking at the local level. Co-creation of economic and cultural value in the music industry can thus be stabilized and internationalized with forms of innovative participation models. Processes of digitization and general economic transformation are of high significance for local dynamics and mark conventional economic models as obsolete.