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Book SynopsisOffering a comprehensive classification of the analytical approaches to the social within the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship studies, this book showcases a wide variety of perspectives and a collection of theoretical analysis tackling social complexity.
The editors bring together contributors who mirror the heterogeneity present in the innovation and entrepreneurship fields, aiming to spark a discussion on the pluralist and critical nature of the social dimension within research, and to examine societal transformation processes and their attending multifaceted issues. Exploring how the social is analytically understood in innovation and entrepreneurship studies, the book proposes a non-exhaustive spectrum ranging from implicit assumption to explicit conceptualization in defining methodological foundations.
Discussing the social and methodological challenges involved in the integration of social dimensions, this book will be a crucial companion for innovation and entrepreneurship scholars and students. This book is also a must-read for policy-makers and practitioners involved in societal transformation processes.
Trade Review‘If you want to be inspired by novel ideas, written by the next generation of innovation and entrepreneurships scholars, coming out of the Norwegian Research School in Innovation, then this is the book for you. It focuses on the SOCIAL in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Studies, and the book’s 12 chapters are organised in three sections representing different approaches. It covers topics from entrepreneurial team formation and the theory of imprinting, diversity and innovation to responsible research and innovation in smart specialisation strategies. This is an engaging and timely book that offers key insights into important aspects of contemporary innovation and entrepreneurship studies. It should be a first choice for reading lists of master students in innovation and entrepreneurship studies as well as for others who want to be informed by fresh ideas of young scholars.’ -- Björn Asheim, Lund University, Sweden
Table of ContentsContents: Preface x 1 Introduction to Rethinking the Social in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Studies 1 Beniamino Callegari, Bisrat A. Misganaw and Stefania Sardo PART I THE CONTEXTUAL APPROACH 2 Entrepreneurial team formation, task allocation in new ventures and the theory of imprinting 26 Bisrat A. Misganaw 3 Exploring the social dimension of regional industrial restructuring 43 Jan Ole Rypestøl 4 Collective resources in entrepreneurship: a reconceptualisation of resource mobilisation 67 Karin Wigger and Thomas Lauvås 5 Innovation and adaptation strategies during the front-end phase of an industry downturn 89 Jakoba Sraml Gonzalez 6 “Is that my problem?” A study of motivation for knowledge sharing 113 Stian Bragtvedt PART II THE IDENTIFICATION APPROACH 7 Playing around with the ‘rules of the game’: social entrepreneurs navigating the public sector terrain in pursuit of collaboration 133 Mikhail Kosmynin 8 Integrating responsible research and innovation into smart specialization: a question-machine approach 152 Nhien Nguyen, Jens Ørding Hansen, Are Jensen and Carlos Álvarez Pereira 9 Making a thousand diverse flowers bloom: driving innovation through inclusion of diversity in organisations 174 Marte C.W. Solheim PART III THE ESSENTIALIST APPROACH 10 Schumpeter’s social ontology: before and beyond pure economics 191 Beniamino Callegari 11 The naturalized disharmony of a socio-technical system: understanding safety in the oil and gas drilling industry 210 Stefania Sardo 12 Interactions in innovation processes of medical devices: systemic and network perspectives 234 Olga Mikhailova Index
