ISBN:
9781136198915
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9780415636223
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (237 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Technological innovation - Social aspects
;
Technological innovation - Social aspects
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Innovation - the process of obtaining, understanding, applying, transforming, managing and transferring knowledge - is a result of human collaboration, but it has become an increasingly complex process, with a growing number of interacting parties involved. Lack of innovation is not necessarily caused by lack of technology or lack of will to innovate, but often by social and cultural forces that jeopardize the cognitive processes and prevent potential innovation. This book focuses on the rule of social capital in the process of innovation: the social networks and the norms; values and attitudes (such as trust) of the actors; social capital as both bonding and bridging links between actors; and social capital as a feature at all spatial levels, from the single inventor to the transnational corporation. Contributors from a wide variety of countries and disciplines explore the cultural framework of innovation through empirics, case studies and examination of conceptual and methodological dilemmas.
Abstract:
Cover -- Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: The Meaning and Importance of Socio-Cultural Context for Innovation Performance -- Part I The Cultural and Cognitive Framework of Innovation -- 1 Culture and Cognition: The Foundations of Innovation in Modern Societies -- 2 Socially Responsible Science and Innovation in Converging Technologies -- 3 Culture Impact on Innovation: Econometric Analysis of European Countries -- 4 Communities as Spaces of Innovation -- Part II Innovation and Social Capital: A Reconsideration of Conceptual and Methodological Dilemmas -- 5 National and Regional Innovation Capacity Through the Lens of Social Capital: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Recent Emprical Studies -- 6 Collaboration in Innovation Systems and the Significance of Social Capital -- 7 Learning in Regional Networks: The Role of Social Capital -- Part III Case Studies -- 8 Independent Inventors and their Position in the National/Regional Innovation System: A Case Study of Slovenia -- 9 "Individuals" Networks and Regional Renewal: A Case Study of Social Dynamics and Innovation in Twente -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Instead of a Conclusion: Society, Culture, and Innovation-Themes for Future Studies -- Contributors -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Introduction: The Meaning and Importance of Socio-Cultural Context for Innovation Performance; Part I The Cultural and Cognitive Framework of Innovation; 1 Culture and Cognition: The Foundations of Innovation in Modern Societies; 2 Socially Responsible Science and Innovation in Converging Technologies; 3 Culture Impact on Innovation: Econometric Analysis of European Countries; 4 Communities as Spaces of Innovation
Description / Table of Contents:
Part II Innovation and Social Capital: A Reconsideration of Conceptual and Methodological Dilemmas5 National and Regional Innovation Capacity Through the Lens of Social Capital: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Recent Emprical Studies; 6 Collaboration in Innovation Systems and the Significance of Social Capital; 7 Learning in Regional Networks: The Role of Social Capital; Part III Case Studies; 8 Independent Inventors and their Position in the National/Regional Innovation System: A Case Study of Slovenia
Description / Table of Contents:
9 "Individuals" Networks and Regional Renewal: A Case Study of Social Dynamics and Innovation in TwenteDiscussion and Conclusion; Instead of a Conclusion: Society, Culture, and Innovation-Themes for Future Studies; Contributors; Index;
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