The aim of this research is to examine technological entrepreneurship activity in Israel’s geographical peripheries compared to the core region. Economic theory suggests limited resources and opportunities for technological entrepreneurship in peripheral regions, yet our database includes many...

While some studies have sought to clarify the role of spatial settings in organizing creativity, this relationship remains theoretically ambiguous, specifically when we consider the capacity for action offered by places. Therefore, we propose to revisit this issue through the concept of...

The process of generating creative outcomes inherently involves tensions, such as the need to simultaneously pursue novelty and usefulness. Idea work serves as a process theory that focuses on managing tensions to achieve creative outcomes. To navigate these tensions and reach creative outcomes,...

Given the complex societal tasks organizations are forced to deal with today, inter-organizational relations and cooperation have gained not only increasing importance in organizational practice but also attention in the scientific discourses. This paper aims to contribute to an advanced...

Failure is commonly conceived either as a provisional state or as the unwelcome endpoint of a process. In both scenarios, failure occurs when there is a discrepancy between an expectation and a result, presupposing a well-defined comprehension of intentions and anticipated outcomes. This...

This paper develops a model of liminality work, through which innovation consultants help others to be creative by managing an in-between of freedom and structural constraints. Grounded in a qualitative study on innovation consultants’ work in a social innovation hub, we show that they engage...

Many scholars have analyzed interfirm relationships and their effects on creativity and innovation. However, few have done so by focusing on client–logistics service provider (LSP) interactions in the context of an interorganizational construction project. By considering the polymorphic...

The relationship between territorial concentration and dynamism in the creative industries has been highlighted and studied extensively. The role of places or organizations in a territory’s creative dynamism has been analyzed with the notion of middleground. These crucial intermediary groups...