This book is a monograph of cultural economics of a new concept, artist enterprises. It explores various dimensions that artists embody, i.e., aesthetic, critical, messianic, and economic ones, and screens the multiple challenges faced by the artist enterprises in terms of pricing, funding, and networking in the Digital Age. It shows how these artist enterprises are at the core of the contemporary creative industries.Even when they are on their own, artists have to demonstrate or manage a variety of skills, sign contracts both in the early and later stages of their activities, and also...