Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvBenoit Godin,Gerald Gaglio,Dominique Vinck

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This insightful Handbook scrutinizes alternative concepts and approaches to the dominant economic or industrial theories of innovation. Providing an assessment of these approaches, it questions the absence of these neglected types of innovation and suggests diverse theories. International contributors provide a historical and critical analysis of all aspects of innovation, answering important questions such as ‘are we just reinventing the wheel?’. Examining concepts that have existed for over a decade, chapters provide clarity on answering this question and investigate whether progress is actually being made. Split into seven parts, starting with the visions of innovation and reviewing multiple approaches and types of innovation, as well as utilising case studies to illustrate theories, this timely book provides an excellent update to this field. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of business management and public policy as well as policy makers and stakeholders.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-03
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035315536

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Contents:Introduction to the Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation 1Benoît Godin, Gérald Gaglio and Dominique VinckPART I VISIONS OF INNOVATION1 Innovation theology 11Benoît Godin2 Imaginaries of innovation 23Harro van LentePART II THEORIZING INNOVATION IN THE TWENTIETHCENTURY: THE FOUNDATIONS3 Theories of innovation 38Benoît Godin4 Economic approaches to industrial technological innovation 59Irwin FellerPART III ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO INNOVATION5 Mapping innovation diversity 79Mónica Edwards-Schachter6 Social innovation: contested understandings of social change 106Cornelius Schubert7 Sustainable innovation: analysing literature lineages 122Frank Boons and Riza Batista-Navarro8 Responsible innovation: challenging an alternative 135Lucien von SchombergPART IV ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF INNOVATION9 User-centred innovation: from innovative users to user centred programmes 148Bastien Tavner10 Open innovation: the open society and its entrepreneurial bias 162Tiago Brandão11 Disruptive innovation: an organizational strategy and a technological concept 182Darryl Cressman12 Common innovation: the oldest species of innovation? 197G.M. Peter Swann13 Grassroots innovation: mainstreaming the discourse of informal sector 212Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh and Hemant Kumar14 Frugal innovation: reaching an ‘empowered’ developing-countries end-user 233Céline Cholez and Pascale TrompettePART V SUPPORTING INNOVATION: REFRAMING THE INSTRUMENTS15 X-innovation and international organizations narratives 252Carolina Bagattolli16 Transformative innovation policy: a novel approach? 276Markus Grillitsch, Teis Hansen and Stine Madsen17 Business innovation measurement: history and evolution 292Giulio PeraniPART VI IMMUNE DISCIPLINES AND FORGOTTEN THEORIZATIONS18 Religion and innovation: charting the territory 310Boris Rähme19 Anthropology of and for innovation 334Ulrich Ufer and Alexandra Hausstein20 Philosophical reflections on the concept of innovation 354Vincent BlokPART VII THEORIZING THE THEORIES21 Ideology, engine or regime. Styles of critique and theories of innovation 369Brice Laurent22 Collateral innovation: renewing theory from case-studies 387Gérald Gaglio and Dominique VinckConclusion to the Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation 404Gérald Gaglio, Dominique Vinck and Benoît GodinIndex

‘This Handbook truly deserves its designation as such. It provides a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of different conceptual meanings, theories, usages and interpretations of “innovation”. Far beyond the most familiar association with technology and industry, the reader is introduced to “social“, “responsible“, “sustainable“, “disruptive“ and other variations of innovation, their respective rationales, theoretical underpinnings, philosophical and policy implications. This collection of contributions by well-respected authors is a fascinating and unique attempt to capture the many paths covered by “innovation“ as a traveling concept.’