The phenomenon of collaborative spaces is spreading around the world. Co-working, fab-lab, contamination lab and other collaborative experiences are emerging in both urban and rural contexts.
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Lavinia Pastore, Enrico Parisio, and Luigi Corvo, Collaborative Spaces as Urban Commons Practices
1. Collaborative spaces as
urban commons
practices
Authors
L. Corvo – L. Pastore – E. Parisio
2015 IASC Thematic Conference on Urban Commons
2. Shift of paradigm towards collaborative
economy
“A major trend in the informational society. At the heart of our
economies, a diversification and increasing importance of collaborative
practices can be observed. By proposing alternative paths of value
creation and sharing, these practices open new perspectives in terms of
consumption, production and innovation models. The players of this
emerging collaborative economy are diverse: their objectives, attitudes
towards collaboration and sharing, their methods of work as well as
their business models are heterogeneous.”
Bauwens at al. 2012 P2P foundation
3. New organizations within
collaborative economy paradigm
The phenomenon of
collaborative spaces is
spreading around the world.
Co-working, fab-lab,
contamination lab and
other collaborative
experiences are emerging in
both urban and rural
contexts.
4. Collaborative spaces can be considered
as commons?
Yes, according to the P2P foundation commons interlinked
components:
1. a resource (material and/or immaterial; replenishable and/or
depletable);
2. the community which shares it (the users, administrators,
producers and/or providers);
3. the use value created through the social reproduction or
preservation of these common goods;
4. the rules and the participatory property regimes that govern
people's access to it.
5. Research question
Which is the collaborative spaces value chain?
And how it differs from the conventional
conceptualization elaborated by Porter at al.
(1985)?
6. Method
1. Literature review about the conventional value chain of Porter elaborated in 1985
and its evolutions
2.
3. Qualitative research based on the territory of Rome:
oMapping of co-working spaces in the Rome area (25)
oFocus groups with all co-working managers actually mapped
oParticipant observation in some co-workings
oSemi-structured interviews with key stakeholders of the co-workings
oIn-depth interviews with key stakeholders
1 year and a half of field research (on-going)
8. Porter’s new value chain "Strategy and Society - the meeting
point between competitive advantage and corporate social
responsibility“ (2007 – Porter and Kramer)
9. Value chain, CSR and social issues
Social issues in three categories:
• generic social issues;
• social impacts of the value chain;
• social dimensions of the competitive environment.
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How to chose?
Diamond pattern that shows how businesses are dependent on local
conditions in which they operate
10.
11. Social Value Chain
The value chain design for the collaborative spaces, such as co-
workings, represents an evolution of the CSR value chain that radically
change the first value chain on 1985.
The value chain presented and explained here tries to patterns the
activities and the characteristics of collaborative organizations such as
co-working.
16. If a co-working
achieves to
generate all these
impacts, it is
called regional
hub
from
communities
resilient to
collaborative
community
Support activities:
communication
and Societing
17. Co-workings become
a reference point for
citizens, businesses
and institutions of a
given territory
Support activity:
Networking, territorial
networking
(reference point for
institutions,
companies and local
communities);
coworking networking
21. Open issues
oDo collaborative spaces enable sustainable
production under the triple bottom line approach?
oWhat kind of cultural, social, economic and
environmental impacts are generated by
collaborative spaces? And which implications can
we draw in terms of policy innovation for new
commons centered public governance?
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