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In this last section of the book, I will try and tie all the earlier discussions together. Expanding on the previous sections, I conclude that from the three concepts, the first is of most importance—the internal dynamics of the music industries. The concept has significant explanatory power as a factor on its own, as well as having significant impact on the two other factors. The internal structures and the (dysfunctional) nature of the music industries clearly create internal frustrations and external hostility. And more importantly, it seems to prevent the music industries from acting on the digital potential that appears.
Lastly, in this part, I am briefly questioning whether we are really talking about a crisis in the music industries, or whether we are at all seeing the convergence of fields. In both cases, the ambition is to question two widespread claims relating to digitalization.
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Nordgård, D. (2018). Conclusion: Tying It All Together. In: The Music Business and Digital Impacts. Music Business Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91887-7_3
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