Abstract
Recent research has determined that new perspectives concerning business development and innovation are needed in the service network literature. In response, we propose a conceptual, theory-building study that sheds light on the following research question: ‘How can we mobilize actors in a service network and create ideas for interfirm collaborations that aspire to deliver business development and innovation?’. To answer this question, we build a new theory by introducing social creativity into the service network literature, which represents a new contextual arena. Our study’s key contribution is the creation of a normative theory of ‘social creativity in service networks’. The theory explains how to design and organize an event (or a series of events) in which service network actors can convene to create new ideas that stimulate business development and innovation.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation |
Vol/bind | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 89-111 |
Antal sider | 22 |
ISSN | 2351-6186 |
Status | Udgivet - aug. 2017 |
Emneord
- Service network
- social creativity
- Innovation
- Business development
- Loosely Coupled Systems