TY - BOOK ID - 14224537 TI - Urban Innovation Networks : Understanding the City as a Strategic Resource PY - 2016 SN - 3319246224 3319246240 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Business. KW - Management. KW - Industrial management. KW - Urban geography. KW - Urban planning. KW - City planning. KW - Economic policy. KW - Regional economics. KW - Spatial economics. KW - Economic sociology. KW - Business and Management. KW - Innovation/Technology Management. KW - Urbanism. KW - Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. KW - Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). KW - R & D/Technology Policy. KW - Regional/Spatial Science. KW - Cities and towns KW - Research. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Urban studies KW - Municipal research KW - Urban affairs research KW - Urban research KW - Architecture. KW - Economics KW - Regional planning KW - Regionalism KW - Space in economics KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Architecture, Western (Western countries) KW - Building design KW - Buildings KW - Construction KW - Western architecture (Western countries) KW - Art KW - Building KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Design and construction KW - Spatial economics KW - Regional economics KW - Geography KW - Economic sociology KW - Socio-economics KW - Socioeconomics KW - Sociology of economics KW - Sociology KW - City planning KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Business administration KW - Business enterprises KW - Business management KW - Corporate management KW - Corporations KW - Industrial administration KW - Management, Industrial KW - Rationalization of industry KW - Scientific management KW - Management KW - Business KW - Industrial organization KW - Social aspects KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14224537 AB - 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 argument is that companies have to build what the author calls “urban innovation networks.” After a theory-based outline of such networks, the author demonstrates the extent to which different institutional players – companies such as Audi, Ikea and Siemens, but also arts institutions like the Haus der Kunst in Munich – are already working to create them. The book combines management thinking with urban theory and the sociology of networks to create a unique blend of different views of capitalism and space, offering a new perspective on both the modern metropolis and globally operating companies active within our distinctly urban culture. ER -