The Cultural Side of Innovation (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) - Hardcover

Book 31 of 90: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

Jacobs, Dany

 
9780415716192: The Cultural Side of Innovation (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415716195 ISBN 13: 9780415716192
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

In most discussions about the knowledge-based economy, innovation is associated or even equated with technology, while culture’s influence is ignored. Innovation is however embedded in cultural and social contexts, and neglecting these crucial contexts may impede an innovation’s diffusion―and eventual success.

This book places culture at the center of discussions on innovation, beginning with a comprehensive introduction to innovation’s various forms, including the history, sociology, and economics of innovation. Insights from marketing and psychology are integrated into a complexity theory framework, which are then utilized to evaluate case studies of organizations experiencing repeated innovation successes. The sometimes fraught relationship of firms to creativity is discussed, and a new model for to calculating the creativity of an economy is presented.

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About the Author

Dany Jacobs is Professor of Industrial Dynamics and Innovation Policy at the University of Amsterdam, as well as Professor of Art, Culture, and Economy at the Universities of Applied Science HAN and ArtEZ in Arnhem, the Netherlands. He is author of Mapping Strategic Diversity (2010).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415716195
ISBN 13 
9780415716192
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
232