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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462789903321

Titolo

Innovation in socio-cultural context / / edited by Frane Adam and Hans Westlund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-94218-6

0-203-08554-X

1-136-19891-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 84

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamFrane

WestlundHans

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Diffusion of innovations - Economic aspects

Diffusion of innovations - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The cultural and cognitive framework of innovation -- pt. II. Innovation and social capital : a reconsideration of conceptual and methodological dilemmas -- pt. III. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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 attit