Libraries & the Creative Economy

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Mr Charles Leadbeater

Charles Leadbeater looks at two different types of creative economies - the open and the closed organisation. He considers the assumptions and the applications of the two models and the breaking down of the closed approach. Libraries are precursors to open innovation and the public platforms for cumulative innovation. The media, traditional research organisations and knowledge-based professions such as doctors and teachers are in the middle of the innovation spectrum.

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