Author

Brian J. Hracs

Observed names: BRIAN J. HRACS, Brian Hracs, Brian J . Hracs and Doreen Jakob, Brian J Hracs, Hracs, Brian

Institution: University of Southampton

Observed institutions: Uppsala University, University of Toronto, University of Southampton

ORCID: 0000-0003-1001-6877

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1001-6877

OpenAlex ID: A5017939124

A Creative Industry in Transition: The Rise of Digitally Driven Independent Music Production

2012 · Brian J. Hracs · Growth and Change · 142

Cultural Intermediaries in the Digital Age: The Case of Independent Musicians and Managers in Toronto

2013 · Brian J. Hracs · Regional Studies · 121

Standing out in the Crowd: The Rise of Exclusivity-Based Strategies to Compete in the Contemporary Marketplace for Music and Fashion

2013 · Brian J Hracs, Doreen Jakob, et al. · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 85

See the Sound, Hear the Style: Collaborative Linkages between Indie Musicians and Fashion Designers in Local Scenes

2010 · Atle Hauge, Brian J. Hracs · Industry and Innovation · 69

From selling songs to engineering experiences: exploring the competitive strategies of music streaming platforms

2020 · Brian J. Hracs, Jack Webster · Journal of Cultural Economy · 68

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Aesthetic labour in creative industries: the case of independent musicians in T oronto, C anada

2013 · Brian J Hracs, Deborah Leslie · Area · 62

The locational choices and interregional mobilities of creative entrepreneurs within Canada’s fashion system

2018 · Taylor Brydges, Brian J. Hracs · Regional Studies · 60

Urban-rural mobilities: The case of China's rural tourism makers

2022 · Peipei Chen, Nick Clarke, et al. · Journal of Rural Studies · 53

Conceptualizing curation in the age of abundance: The case of recorded music

2018 · Johan Jansson, Brian J Hracs · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 53

Curating the quest for ‘good food’: The practices, spatial dynamics and influence of food-related curation in Sweden

2015 · Sofie Joosse, Brian J. Hracs · Geoforum · 41

What motivates millennials? How intersectionality shapes the working lives of female entrepreneurs in Canada’s fashion industry

2019 · Taylor Brydges, Brian J. Hracs · Gender Place & Culture · 40

A tale of two scenes: civic capital and retaining musical talent in Toronto and Halifax

2011 · BRIAN J. HRACS, JILL L. GRANT, et al. · Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes · 39

Death by streaming or vinyl revival? Exploring the spatial dynamics and value-creating strategies of independent record shops in Stockholm

2017 · Brian J. Hracs, Johan Jansson · Journal of Consumer Culture · 33

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Consuming Canada: How fashion firms leverage the landscape to create and communicate brand identities, distinction and values

2018 · Taylor Brydges, Brian J. Hracs · Geoforum · 32

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Towards a theoretical approach for analysing music recommender systems as sociotechnical cultural intermediaries

2016 · Jack Webster, Nicholas Gibbins, et al. · ACM Conference on Web Science (WebSci) · 21

Beyond bohemia: Geographies of everyday creativity for musicians in Toronto

2009 · Brian J. Hracs · ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) · 19

Evolution versus entrenchment: Debating the impact of digitization, democratization and diffusion in the global fashion industry

2018 · Taylor Brydges, Brian J. Hracs, et al. · International Journal of Fashion Studies · 18

Experience the difference: the competitive strategies of food‐related entrepreneurs in rural denmark

2015 · Isaac K. Arthur, Brian J. Hracs · Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography · 15

“We are continuing an industrial revolution here”: Assembling, experiencing and leveraging the affective atmospheres of post-industrial workspaces

2024 · Yosha Wijngaarden, Brian J. Hracs · Geoforum · 12

Working in the Creative Economy: The Spatial Dynamics of Employment Risk for Musicians in Toronto

2010 · Brian J. Hracs · ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) · 11

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Culture, Creativity and Economy

2021 · Brian J. Hracs, Taylor Brydges, et al. · Routledge eBooks · 9

5 Satisfaction Guaranteed? Individual Preferences, Experiences, and Mobility

2014 · Brian J. Hracs, Kevin Stolarick · University of Toronto Press eBooks · 9

Negotiating the night: How nightclub promoters attune their curatorial practices to the intra-urban dispersal of nightlife in Amsterdam

2024 · Timo Koren, Brian J Hracs · Urban Studies · 8

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Higher Education and Policy for Creative Economies in Africa

2020 · Roberta Comunian, Brian J. Hracs, et al. · Routledge eBooks · 8

Occam’s curse, dialectics, and the creative city

2010 · Kevin Stolarick, Brian J. Hracs, et al. · City Culture and Society · 8

Works count: 66

Citation count: 1,119

H-index: 17

I10-index: 20