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Be creative but not so much. Decreasing benefits of creativity in clustered firms

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  • Víctor del-Corte-Lora
  • Teresa Vallet-Bellmunt
  • F. Xavier Molina-Morales

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Several previous studies have investigated creativity as an enhancer of innovation, their results showing that there is a positive relationship between the organizational creative climate and innovation. However, no research has been conducted on whether there is a saturation point beyond which an increase in creativity makes innovation performance decrease. In this article, we question the traditional positive relationship between creativity and innovation, and suggest that such a relationship is not linear, but has instead an inverted U-shape due to a saturation effect. We have developed a conceptual model to explain innovation performance considering creativity and network centrality, and it has been tested in the ceramic industrial cluster in Spain. Empirical findings support the inverted U-shaped relationship between creativity and innovation. The implications of these results in relation to creativity and innovation theory and practices are discussed.

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  • Víctor del-Corte-Lora & Teresa Vallet-Bellmunt & F. Xavier Molina-Morales, 2015. "Be creative but not so much. Decreasing benefits of creativity in clustered firms," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1-2), pages 1-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:27:y:2015:i:1-2:p:1-27
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2014.995722
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    1. Chaoyun Liang, 2019. "How Entrepreneur Personality Affects Agrirural Entrepreneurial Alertness," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 15(1), pages 147-170.
    2. Raphaël Suire, 2016. "Place, platform, and knowledge co-production dynamics: Evidence from makers and FabLab," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 1623, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Aug 2016.

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