Rethinking the social in innovation and entrepreneurship / / edited by Beniamino Callegari, Bisrat A. Misganaw, Stefania Sardo.

• TeilnehmendeR: Callegari, Beniamino,; Misganaw, Bisrat A.,; Sardo, Stefania,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Offering 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.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction to rethinking the social in innovation and entrepreneurship studies / 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 / Bisrat A. Misganaw -- 3. Exploring the social dimension of regional industrial restructuring / Jan Ole Rypestøl -- 4. Collective resources in entrepreneurship: A reconceptualisation of resource mobilisation / Karin Wigger and Thomas Lauvås -- 5. Innovation and adaptation strategies during the front-end phase of an industry downturn / Jakoba Sraml Gonzalez -- 6. "is that my problem?" a study of motivation for knowledge sharing / 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 / Mikhail Kosmynin -- 8. Integrating responsible research and innovation into smart specialization: A question-machine approach / 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 / Marte C.W. Solheim -- Part III: The essentialist approach -- 10. Schumpeter's social ontology: Before and beyond pure economics / Beniamino Callegari -- 11. The naturalized disharmony of a socio-technical system: Understanding safety in the oil and gas drilling industry / Stefania Sardo -- 12. Interactions in innovation processes of medical devices: Systemic and network perspectives / Olga Mikhailova -- Index.