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Empty Innovation - Causes and Consequences of Society's Obsession with Entrepreneurship and Growth (1st ed. 2023)
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Empty Innovation - Causes and Consequences of Society's Obsession with Entrepreneurship and Growth (1st ed. 2023)
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Innovation is generally viewed as something inherently good, a
source of progress and prosperity in our society. But innovation
can also have negative, unintended, and wasteful effects, if
policies are misdirected and organizations pursue innovation to
look good and convey a message, rather than to actually achieve
improvements of technologies, services, and products. This book
makes the case that innovation has become a buzzword, a political
cure-all, and increasingly an empty phrase, and that this has
become detrimental to innovation itself. Governmental (and
supra-governmental) innovation policy is often unrealistically
phrased and shaped, and corporate innovation projects are not
seldom meaningless acts of window-dressing. The book describes the
problems this presents for society, organizations, and individuals,
and seeks explanations for why it has come to be this way. Giving
way to a more realistic view of what innovation really is, and how
it can be accomplished, the book develops a multifaceted
sociological and historical argument where several complementary
reasons for the prevalence of “empty innovation” are proposed.
The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of
innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and all those with an
interest in the failures of current innovation strategies. This is
an open access book.
General
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
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Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Olof Hallonsten
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Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
120 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-131478-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
3-03-131478-6 |
Barcode: |
9783031314780 |
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