Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview

Waters-Lynch, Julian; Potts, Jason; Butcher, Tim; Dodson, Jago; Hurley, Joe

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2712217

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“…Hackerspaces seem to closely follow the design rules relating to distinct group boundaries, collectively developed rules and cheap-talk coordination, and relatively flat hierarchies. Although more extensive analysis is required, we can also point to a number of other innovation commons in which similar governance design rules are apparent: namely at the origin of new sports such as windsurfing (Potts and Thomas 2015); in the early stages of the wine industry in Australia (McIntyre et al 2013); and the nascent blockchain industry collaborations, such as co-working spaces (Waters-Lynch et al 2016). …”

Section: How Innovation Commons Are Similar To Other Commonsmentioning

confidence: 95%

How innovation commons contribute to discovering and developing new technologies

Allen

Potts

2016

Int J Commons

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Abstract:In modern economics, the institutions surrounding the creation and development of new technologies are firms, markets and governments. We propose an alternative theory that locates the institutional origin of new technologies further back in the commons when self-organizing groups of technology enthusiasts develop effective governance rules to pool distributed information resources. The 'innovation commons' alleviates uncertainty around a nascent technology by pooling distributed information about uses, costs, problems and opportunities. While innovation commons are mostly temporary, because the resource itselfthe information about opportunities -is only temporarily valuable, they are a further addition to the Pantheon of commons, and suggest that the institutions of the commons -and the common pool resource of information about applications of the technology -may be far more important in the study of innovation than previously thought.

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Section: How Innovation Commons Are Similar To Other Commonsmentioning

confidence: 95%

How innovation commons contribute to discovering and developing new technologies

Allen

Potts

2016

Int J Commons

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“…Current research argues that the key tenet and raison d'être of coworking is social interactions and encounters (Gerdenitsch et al 2016;Spinuzzi, 2012;Spreitzer et al, 2015): coworking is considered as a site for knowledge exchange clusters and hubs (Capdevila, 2013;Pearce-Neudorf, 2014). Further, essentially to counter isolation of working from home, it is seen as a site of social learning (Waters-Lynch et al, 2016), social support (Gerdenitsch, 2016), situated and unexpected encounters (Fabbri, 2016), and providing grounds for voluntary-based community-building (Garrett et al, 2016). It also functions as a focal (Schelling) point 'for finding people, ideas and other resources when workers lack the information necessary for coordination.'…”

Section: Precarious Knowledge Work and Serendipitous Encountersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conceptualizing an emerging phenomenon such as coworking is challenging as different discourses around coworking are only developing (cf. Spinuzzi, 2012;Waters-Lynch et al, 2016). The ideological discourse on coworking is based on an open coworking movement that highlights entrepreneurship and emphasizes how innovation is driven by collaborative practices.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an Economy of Encounters? A critical study of affectual assemblages in coworking

Jakonen

Kivinen

Salovaara

et al. 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Management

105

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Coworking spaces have been established in great numbers around the globe over the past 10 years. Previous studies on coworking spaces argue that these spaces are designed to enable serendipitous encounters. Here we introduce the concept of an economy of encounters, arguing that both intended and unintended encounters have become a form of production in the knowledge-based new economy. This paper draws upon the critical analysis of three case studies of different coworking settings-two open coworking spaces and a corporate coworking office. Following Deleuze and Guattari, we see coworking spaces as affectual assemblages that create affects that push knowledge workers in flow and motion to enable the formation of new kinds of heterogeneous and constantly changing work communities, where serendipitous encounters become a force of production. We argue that this commodification of a social phenomenon, i.e. the intentional use of affectual assemblages of people, objects and ideas to create serendipitous opportunities, ignores the precariousness of contemporary work.

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“…Localized entrepreneurial hubs can act as additional third places (Oldenburg 1989) or hubs of engagement (Pstross et al 2014) for residents and workers in communities (e.g., Waters-Lynch et al 2016). For example, public coworking spaces "enable the participation and involvement of third parties such as developers, artists, makers, and universities" (Cohen et al 2016, p. 10).…”

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Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being

Talmage

Kher

Cooley

2019

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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Entrepreneurial hubs in communities have moved beyond chambers of commerce to include coworking communities, incubators, and accelerators. The place for these localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities in the field of community well-being is not readily apparent. This perspective article proposes a place for localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities, especially small to midsize urban communities (<100,000 persons), in the community wellbeing literature. A literature review is undertaken to showcase relevant community wellbeing themes. Furthermore, a community case is shared to help craft a new indicators framework for analyzing localized entrepreneurial hubs' impact on community well-being. The article finishes by generating essential questions for use in future research on localized entrepreneurial hubs in community well-being research, policy, and practice.

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Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview

Cited by 111 publications

References 98 publications

How innovation commons contribute to discovering and developing new technologies

How innovation commons contribute to discovering and developing new technologies

Towards an Economy of Encounters? A critical study of affectual assemblages in coworking

Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being

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