Communities Versus Networks
The Implications on Innovation and Social Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4872229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filippo Dal Fiore (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, and Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 857-866 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764206298311 |
| OpenAlex | W2026397216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
In literature about knowledge management and sociology of innovation, the concepts of community and network are often superimposed if not used in an undifferentiated way. This deprives them of part of their heuristic power. In this article, the two concepts are revisited under a common framework of reference: placing them at the two extremes of a continuum of the different possible relationships (hetero directed vs. self-directed) between an agent and the environment in which it operates. Communities are social containers for incremental innovation, whereas networks are the place for boundary-spanning learning and as a consequence, for radical innovation
Boundary spanning · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Heuristic · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social innovation · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Management and Organizational Studies · Open Source Software Innovations · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |