Managing networks of creativity
By: edited by Fiorenza Belussi, Udo Staber
Series: Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology -- 19
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780415887649; 9780203813676
Subjects: Creative ability; Strategic alliances (Business); Entrepreneurship; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development; Creative ability in business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; Economic aspects; Business networks
Description: "The aim of the <EM>Managing Networks of Creativity</EM> is to improve our understanding of creativity and the management of creativity, as discussed in the fields of management (including strategic management, organization science, organizational behaviour, and entrepreneurship), economics, sociology, regional studies, and political science. While research on creativity has made several important contributions to the theoretical literature, little attention has been paid to the development and testing of formal theoretical models, especially in those cases where creativity is the result not so much of individual behaviour than the outcome of collective efforts, connecting individuals in organizations, social networks, projects, geographic clusters, and so forth. The proposed volume includes studies, both conceptual and empirical, which, as a whole, "deconstruct" the concept of creativity and the management of creativity by identifying specific situations, contexts, firms, clusters, and districts in which creative processes evolve. The reader is provided with in-depth discussions of theoretical issues and a range of descriptive cases and survey data that the authors use to explore or test concepts and models. Overall, the volume aims to integrate current debates concerning the role of creativity (and innovation) in economic and social development"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.