The Practice of Communities: How Can Society Mobilize Communities of Innovation

Benoit Sarazin, Laurent Simon and Patrick Cohendet

Chapter 15 in Communities of Innovation:How Organizations Harness Collective Creativity and Build Resilience, 2021, pp 329-351 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The cases discussed in this book show that communities are a key socio-cognitive device for innovation in and outside organizations. They allow to feed and fuel organizations with the innovative ideas of passionate members. Yet, mobilizing and harnessing communities isn’t an easy task. In this chapter, we suggest a few recommendations to reap the benefits from communities. We review the hypothetical case of a firm developing its relationship with a community. We believe the principles and recommendations that we’re drawing out of it would also apply to public organizations.

Keywords: Innovation Management; Creativity Management; Communities of Innovation; Resilience and Creativity; Business Creativity; Business Innovation; Managerial Innovation; Collaborative Innovation; Open Innovation; Crisis Management; Communities of Practice; Communities of Knowledge; Collective Modes of Learning; Collective Innovation; Middleground (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O33 O36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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