Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization write by Ash Amin. This book was released on 2008-09-25. Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It has long been an interest of researchers in economics, sociology, organization studies, and economic geography to understand how firms innovate. Most recently, this interest has begun to examine the micro-processes of work and organization that sustain social creativity, emphasizing the learning and knowing through action when social actors and technologies come together in 'communities of practice'; everyday interactions of common purpose and mutual obligation. These communities are said to spark both incremental and radical innovation. In the book, leading international scholars critically examine the concept of communities of practice and its applications in different spatial, organizational, and creative settings. Chapters examine the development of the concept, the link between situated practice and different types of creative outcome, the interface between spatial and relational proximity, and the organizational demands of learning and knowing through communities of practice. More widely, the chapters examine the compatibility between markets, knowledge capitalism, and community; seemingly in conflict with each other, but discursively not. Exploring the frontiers of current understanding of situated knowing and learning, this book is for all those interested in the economic sociology of organizational creativity and knowledge capitalism in general.
Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization
Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization write by Ash Amin. This book was released on 2008-09-25. Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Communities of practice', like 'social capital' and 'networks', is an idea that has been widely adopted in the social sciences, particularly in discussion of innovation and creativity. This book evaluates the concept and its uses, and will be an essential guide for students and researchers.
The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation
The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation write by Harald Bathelt. This book was released on 2017-11-24. The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique Companion provides a comprehensive overview and critical evaluation of existing conceptualizations and new developments in innovation research. It draws on multiple perspectives of innovation, knowledge and creativity from economics, geography, history, management, political science and sociology. The Companion brings together leading scholars to reflect upon innovation as a concept (Part I), innovation and institutions (Part II), innovation and creativity (Part III), innovation, networking and communities (Part IV), innovation in permanent spatial settings (Part V), innovation in temporary, virtual and open settings (Part VI), innovation, entrepreneurship and market making (Part VII), and the governance and management of innovation (Part VIII).
The Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks
The Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks write by Roel Rutten. This book was released on 2014-06-27. The Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The social dynamics of innovation networks captures the important role of trust, social capital, institutions and norms and values in the creation of knowledge in innovation networks. In doing so, this book connects to a long-standing debate on the socio-spatial context of innovation in economic geography, which is usually referred to as the Territorial Models of Innovation (TIMs) literature. This present volume breaks with the TIM literature in several important ways. In the first place, this book emphasizes the role of individual agency because individuals and their networks are increasingly recognized as the principal agents of knowledge creation. Secondly, this volume looks at space as a continuous field of opportunity rather than as bounded territory with a set of endowments, such as knowledge base and social capital. Although individually these elements are not new to the TIM literature, it has thus far failed to grasp their critical implication for studying the social dynamics of innovation networks. The approach to the socio-spatial context of innovation in this volume is summarized as Knowledge Economy 2.0. It emphasizes that human creativity is now the main source of economic value and that human creativity and knowledge creation is not an organized process within organizations, but happens bottom up in formal and informal professional and social networks of individuals that cut across multiple organizations.
Entrepreneurship and the Community
Entrepreneurship and the Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Entrepreneurship and the Community write by Vanessa Ratten. This book was released on 2019-08-26. Entrepreneurship and the Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Entrepreneurship is the result of various contextual factors in the community, which are shaped by social challenges and business needs. Recent research efforts have focused on the dynamics of communities and how they facilitate entrepreneurship among a diverse group of people and organizations. This book highlights research on the importance of communities and their role in providing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes innovation and business activities. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community that fosters creativity. Sharing valuable insights, it will enhance readers’ understanding of how entrepreneurship is formed by and exists in communities.
