Urban Innovation Networks Understanding the City as a Strategic Resource /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gutzmer, Alexander (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Urban geography.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economic sociology.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Urbanism.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; R & D/Technology Policy.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book offers fresh insights into how companies can engage with, and make use of, the modern metropolis. Based on actor-network theory and the resource-based view of the firm, it demonstrates how the contemporary city can be seen – and used – as a resource for corporate innovation. The main argum...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Globalized Space Versus Refuge of Locality? Beyond the Global Cities discourse
• 3 Rethinking the City: Actor-Network Theory and the Creation of Urban Connections
• 4 Urban Intensities: Architecture, Design, Affect
• 5 Rethinking Innovation: The Urban Perspective
• 6 Five Urban Stages
• 7 Conclusion.