Hi Antonello, I vote for #3, because then I can quote your thesis in my business plan! (Just kidding!) Seriously, #3 seems like the most valuable to the Coworking community and the most on-topic regarding Innovation.
best wishes, Loren On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:41:27 AM UTC-7, Antonello Schiavo wrote: > > > Hi everybody, sorry for my lately reply. > > I've started to write my master's thesis about Coworking for the > innovation companies (The subject is Innovation Management, Faculty of > Business Administration) > I've already finished the first part of my paper, i mean the general > accademic research about coworking and subjects related. > Now I have to focus on the second part, but I have a doubt with 3 > arguments, could you help me with my choice? > > 1st- write a business plan about an hypothetical opening of a coworking > space in my city > 2nd- deepening of the rural coworking, and explain the differences between > management of rural one and the normal one > 3rd- define the economic value of coworking, in terms of knowledge > diffusion,higher productivity, innovation, higher revenues (with a survey > and a subsequent analysis) > > Thanks for your attention, I will be very glad if you could give some > advice. > > Best wishes > Antonello > On Thursday, July 4, 2013 5:53:33 PM UTC+2, Niva Silva wrote: >> >> Antonello, >> I believe a big subject in coworking is how it shifts the workplace into >> the new collaboration culture. >> A more specific one is the link between coworking and the rise of social >> business. >> And, since you're in Italy, maybe you could study how coworking fits into >> Domenico De Masi vision of the creative workplace. >> regards, >> Niva Silva >> ▸ Coworking Santos <http://fb.com/CoworkingSantos> >> >> >> 2013/7/4 Jeannine <[email protected]> >> >>> Hi, Antonello, >>> >>> In working on Coworking in Europe you are really spoiled for choice in >>> terms of a topic. >>> >>> You can compare coworking with and without government subsidy for >>> instance. You can compare coworking models which do and do not offer >>> registration of the business with local/national government, a very >>> interesting subject at least here in northern Europe. You can talk about >>> the emerging shared membership efforts (for which you have a glorious and >>> shining example in Italy of course in COWO). >>> >>> If I were doing a thesis, I would do it on the interface of coworking >>> with entirely internet-based businesses: webshops, import/export, and >>> various other kinds of services. But that is probably because I am >>> presently occupied with trying to crack that nut. Or I would do it on the >>> emergence of coworking in the trades, but then of course ditto. >>> >>> The future is already here, it just is not evenly distributed (Gibson) >>> and one of the themes of people actually coworking in Europe in my >>> experience is that the law and regulation of business in Europe is based in >>> a model which has not changed in...well, let's just say a very long time, >>> but doing business has. And this leaves both the folks who work for the >>> government and the coworkers to make it up as we go along, with a heaping >>> helping of misunderstanding on both sides. You could choose a sector for >>> instance and look at this question either within Italy or within Europe and >>> make recommendations for regulation that the government might take. >>> >>> Just my .02, >>> >>> Jeannine >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 9:14:45 PM UTC+2, Antonello Schiavo wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I'm Antonello Schiavo a student from Italy. Currently, I start to write >>>> my Master's thesis about coworking and I have some issues. >>>> My professor wants me to focus on a specific topic about coworking, for >>>> example (business plan,survey,quantitative data and also trying to >>>> elaborate one model). >>>> I've already started to think about it, but I'm really confused and I >>>> still don't know one topic. >>>> >>>> Could you help me with the choice of my topic? I would be very glad if >>>> you could give me some hints. >>>> >>>> I hope to receive suggestions soon. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Antonello. >>>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
