Culture is a key word in the story of Italy. The richness of its cultural past together with the present and future potential of its creativity has given culture a central role in the agenda of public policies. As a new element in this pattern, most recently the word ÒcultureÓ has been...

The present economic and financial crisis stressed the focus on innovation as a key process, imagined to support organizations facing the problem of how to produce value in a radically changed milieu. Given this context, the management literature has been looking for innovative practices,...