Title: The social context of creativity at third places: an exploratory study

Authors: Ming-Chang Wu, Chao-Tung Wen, Se-Hwa Wu, Binshan Lin

Addresses: Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National Chengchi University, 64 Chih-Nan Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 116, Taiwan, ROC. ' Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National Chengchi University, 64 Chih-Nan Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 116, Taiwan, ROC. ' Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National Chengchi University, 64 Chih-Nan Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 116, Taiwan, ROC. ' College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115, USA

Abstract: The emerging research agenda of |creative cities| sheds some light on developing a new direction of innovation and management literature. Following this issue, we empirically examine the structural relations among talent, social places (third places) and entrepreneurship through a telephone survey on Taiwan|s seven major metropolises. We suggest the existence of third places as an intermediate variable linking the others. Interestingly, a location attraction for talents, which may depend on lifestyle in USA, needs to take family bonds into account in Taiwan. This paper hopes to show a new research direction on the social context of creativity.

Keywords: social context; creativity; third places; creative cities; talent; entrepreneurship; management development; innovation; Taiwan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2008.015905

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2008 Vol.5 No.1, pp.30 - 48

Published online: 02 Dec 2007 *

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