Collective Entrepreneurship

Question 1

Negri’s view

Answer 1

Focuses on concepts of power, labor, and social movements in the context of globalization and post-industrial society. He emphasizes the potential of decentralized networks and the “multitude” as a force for social and political change. Which leads to peer-to-peer innovation.

Question 2

Multitude

Answer 2

A large number of people or things; a crowd. It can also refer to the common people or the masses.

Question 3

Peer-to-peer innovation

Answer 3

A process where individuals or groups with similar standing, capabilities, or roles collaborate directly to create new ideas, products, services, or processes without relying on traditional hierarchical structures or intermediaries.

Question 4

Ostrom’s view

Answer 4

How communities can effectively manage common-pool resources (like fisheries, forests, and water) through self-governance, developing and enforcing their own rules and norms without the need for top-down government control or privatization.

Question 5

Tragedy of the commons

Answer 5

An economic and social dilemma where individuals with access to a shared resource (a “common”) act in their own self-interest and, in doing so, deplete or spoil the resource through overuse.

Question 6

Necessities of Common Pool Resources (CPR) systems (8)

Answer 6

1) Clear group boundaries
2) Production methods adapted to local conditions
3) Participatory decision-making process
4) Effective monitoring
5) Sanctions for violators of community rules
6) Mechanisms of conflict resolution
7) Higher-level recognition of local autonomy
8) Layers of nested enterprises if the community grows too large