"Even in a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, cities remain engines of growth, innovation, and diversity … thriving community. The Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions series is a focused analysis of how … collection integrates research focusing on innovation, creativity and talent-retention, and governance in order to understand the …

users in innovation -- Protecting the right to innovate : our innovation "wetlands" / Andrew W. Torrance and Eric von Hippel …, Robin Williams and Luciana D?Adderio -- Innovation practices and user communities -- Innovation in civil society : the socio …-material dynamics of a community innovation / Stefan Verhaegh, Ellen van Oost, and Nelly Oudshoorn -- User communities as multi …

cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase … policymakers in regional studies, industrial policy, economic geography, innovation studies, operations management and engineering." …