Music downloads

The many new internet technologies triggered a fundamental structural change of the music industry. Particularly the illegal music file-sharing site are accused to be the cause of declining sales of sound carriers. But there are several studies which regard music downloads as a chance.

An experimental survey should investigate whether free music downloads can be used for the marketing of artists or orchestras. Different forms of music downloads are examined in their effectiveness and characteristics.

Research objectives:

  • Identification of strengths and weaknesses of music download as an information source.
  • Comparison of different download opportunities

Publications

Grüter, Marcel; von Burg, Simone; Myrach, Thomas (2011). Kundenbindung durch Gratis-Musikdownloads: Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel des Klassikmarktes in der Schweiz. In: Bernstein, Abraham; Schwabe, Gerhard (eds.) Proceedings der 10. Internationalen Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik.

Grüter, Marcel (2011). Kundenbindung durch Gratis-Musikdownloads: Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel des Klassikmarktes in der Schweiz. In: 10. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. Zürich. 18. Februar 2011.

von Burg, Simone; Grüter, Marcel (2010). Gratis-Musikdownloads - Zukunftsmusik im Marketing. In: Goldwyn Reports (12. April 2010). Internetpublikation