“Do-It-Together” and Alternative Innovations

The accelerated development of advanced technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, immersive technologies, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), the interconnection between digital and physical environments and the spread of alternative development models such as the circular economy offer the potential for a transition to new innovative and sustainable hybrid modes of production and consumption. The emergence and multiplication of spaces and networks of makers, hackerspaces, micro-factories, fab labs or other spaces equipped with digital manufacturing tools and technologies has favored the development of a more agile, democratized and distributed production based on commons-based peer production, particularly digital commons.

This Special Issue of the Journal of Innovation Economics & Management focuses on alternative, agile, innovations from “Do-It-Together” processes and models. It brings together a set of expertise, disciplines and networks to address the environmental and socio-economic challenges facing our current industrial model.