The innovative firm: nexus of communities and creativity

Abstract

The following contribution aims to analyze the sources of creativity in a modern, highly innovative and “stylised” company that does not rely on traditional sources of innovation (large R&D units, research cooperative agreements, R&D contracts with university centres, etc.). We show that the theories of the innovative firm have to be coupled with the understanding of local innovative processes. We consider communities (and in particular knowing communities) as relevant units of analysis to tackle our understanding of the innovative organization and to further analyze firms as a complex ecology of communities (inside and in-between communities of specialists) within the external environment (in “spaces and places” fostering and supporting innovation).

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