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Brokers and bricoleurs: entrepreneurship in Wales' online music scene

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 The power of some new entrants to the music industry derives from their position as brokers in computer-mediated environments. Brokers act instrumentally to exploit their position within a network which, in turn, depends on their ability to build and sustain links (and, in computer-mediated environments, hyperlinks). Bricolage in computer-mediated entrepreneurship refers to the intuitive manipulation of resources in order to achieve (perhaps tacit) goals. Without careful stewardship of the new intellectual wealth thus created, bricolage may profit neither the individual nor the wider community.

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Accepted 14 March 2002

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Allard, G. Brokers and bricoleurs: entrepreneurship in Wales' online music scene. AI & Soc 17, 12–24 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-002-0228-8

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