Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization Book

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Prologue: Community of Practice Then and Now Paul Duguid Duguid, Paul 1

1 The Resurgence of Community in Economic Thought and Practice Ash Amin Amin, Ash Joanne Roberts Roberts, Joanne 11

Pt. I Community, Creativity, and Economy

2 Community and Economics Michael Storper Storper, Michael 37

3 'The Art of Knowing': Social and Tacit Dimensions of Knowledge and the Limits of the Community of Practice Paul Duguid Duguid, Paul 69

4 Re-animating the Place of Thought: Transformations of Spatial and Temporal Description in the Twenty-First Century Nigel Thrift Thrift, Nigel 90

Pt. II Bridging Cognitive Distance

5 Cognitive Distance in and Between Communities of Practice and Firms: Where Do Exploitation and Exploration Take Place, and How Are They Connected? Bart Nooteboom Nooteboom, Bart 123

6 Project Work as a Locus of Learning: The Journey Through Practice Harry Scarbrough Scarbrough, Harry Jacky Swan Swan, Jacky 148

7 Breakthrough Innovation and the Shaping of New Markets: The Role of Communities of Practice Aurelie Delemarle Delemarle, Aurelie Philippe Laredo Laredo, Philippe 178

Pt. III Achieving Relational Proximity

8 Buzz Without Being There? Communities of Practice in Context Meric S. Gertler Gertler, Meric S. 203

9 Knowledge-Intensive Firms, Communities, and Creative Cities Patrick Cohendet Cohendet, Patrick Laurent Simon Simon, Laurent 227

10 Open, But How Much? Growth, Conflict, and Institutional Evolution in Open-Source Communities Juan Mateos-Garcia Mateos-Garcia, Juan W. Edward Steinmueller Steinmueller, W. Edward 254

Epilogue: Situated Learning and Changing Practice Jean Lave Lave, Jean283

Index 297