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- Al-Baimani, Nasser, et al.
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Applying the ecosystem model in a new context? The case of business incubation in Oman
- 2021
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In: Growth and Change. - : Wiley. - 0017-4815 .- 1468-2257. ; 52:2, s. 663-686
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper studies entrepreneurship ecosystem development in a context little discussed in the extant literature to date: Oman. Specifically, it focuses on business incubation (BI) initiatives as a policy tool for developing the local, regional, and national systems of supporting entrepreneurship and SME growth. Although BI’s are a popular policy measure for ecosystem development, spreading globally from their original conception in the United States around 60 years ago, their universal effectiveness is questioned. We analyse the tenability of BI as an economic development strategy by entrepreneurship ecosystems as a conceptual framework to help us understand the multitudinous cultural, institutional, and governance structures required for success. Specifically, we consider these ecosystem dynamics and their influence on the incubation of SMEs in the novel context of an oil‐rich yet transitioning economy such as Oman. Conducting interviews with 22 key informants within a range of ecosystem actors (policy‐makers, incubator managers, academics, and entrepreneurs) we find that existing capabilities within the Omani BI programme are not yet fully fit for purpose, highlighting the need to establish developmental priorities for the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem, bottom‐up. Finally, we reflect on the wider cultural and institutional constraints highlighted, and suggest potentially fruitful avenues for further research.
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- Bayfield, Hannah, et al.
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Awesome women and bad feminists : the role of online social networks and peer support for feminist practice in academia
- 2020
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In: Cultural Geographies. - : Sage Publications. - 1474-4740 .- 1477-0881. ; 27:3, s. 415-435
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In her book, 'Bad Feminist', Roxane Gay claims this label shamelessly, embracing the contradictory aspects of enacting feminist practice while fundamentally being 'flawed human[s]'. This article tells a story inspired by and enacting Roxane Gay's approach in academia, written by five cis-gendered women geographers. It is the story of a proactive, everyday feminist initiative to survive as women in an academic precariat fuelled by globalised, neoliberalised higher education. We reflect on what it means to be (bad) feminists in that context, and how we respond as academics. We share experiences of an online space used to support one another through post-doctoral life, a simple message thread, which has established an important role in our development as academics and feminists. This article, written through online collaboration, mirrors and enacts processes fundamental to our online network, demonstrating the significance and potential of safe digital spaces for peer support. Excerpts from the chat reflect critically on struggles and solutions we have co-developed. Through this, we celebrate and validate a strategy we know that we and others like us find invaluable for our wellbeing and survival. Finally, we reflect on the inherent limitations of exclusive online networks as tools for feminist resistance.
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- Brydges, Taylor, et al.
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An "Orphan" Creative Industry : Exploring the Institutional Factors Constraining the Canadian Fashion Industry
- 2017
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In: Growth and Change. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0017-4815 .- 1468-2257. ; 48:4, s. 942-962
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In recent years, tier-two fashion countries have been making gains in the global fashion industry, with hip young brands, buzz-worthy fashion weeks and export-oriented designers. The Canadian fashion industry, on the other hand, continues to fall behind and instead has experienced recent high-profile closures of leading domestic fashion names. This paper explores why this is the case by considering a wide range of factors from a historical and institutional perspective. We argue that Canadian fashion is facing a number of systemic problems relating to wider institutional and policy weaknesses, rather than a lack of talent and know-how within the entrepreneurs and businesses in the sector. While the fashion industry is indeed global, we argue that it is in fact national and local level factors—political, economic, and cultural—that structure and constrain the Canadian fashion industry for independent designers. Through exploring the experiences of this group of actors—entrepreneurial fashion designers—in this particular context, we not only learn about Canada as an economy but also what is needed in order to develop the fashion industry more broadly. We provide a framework for analysing the range of socio-economic, historical, and political factors at the national level which affect the performance of the fashion sector and the operation of fashion designers as the entrepreneurial actors at the heart of the industry.
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- Brydges, Taylor, et al.
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Coming into fashion: Expanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept to the creative industries through a Toronto case study
- 2021
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In: Canadian Geographer / Geographie Canadien. - : Wiley. - 0008-3658 .- 1541-0064.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper considers the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept, which in recent years has gained interest from a variety of perspectives including entrepreneurship, management, and economic geography. Specifically, the paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the concept's sectoral or industrial focus. Prior applications to real‐world case studies have focused on a fairly narrow range of industries and places. In this paper, we apply the concept to a case study of one creative and cultural industry, the fashion industry, to help us understand not only the performance and function of entrepreneurs and small businesses in this industries, but also potential policy supports. We map the institutions and spaces in Toronto's entrepreneurial ecosystem, drawing on extensive qualitative research to consider the dynamics and interactions therein. In parallel, we advance the concept theoretically, questioning its tenability and applicability in a wider range of economic systems by adding the perspective of cultural and creative industries.
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- Brydges, Taylor, et al.
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Coming into fashion: Expanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept to the creative industries through a Toronto case study : [Devenir à la mode: étendre le concept d'écosystème entrepreneurial aux industries créatrices à travers une étude de cas à Toronto]
- 2021
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In: The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien. - : Wiley. - 0008-3658 .- 1541-0064. ; 65:3, s. 346-367
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper considers the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept, which in recent years has gained interest from a variety of perspectives including entrepreneurship, management, and economic geography. Specifically, the paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the concept's sectoral or industrial focus. Prior applications to real-world case studies have focused on a fairly narrow range of industries and places. In this paper, we apply the concept to a case study of one creative and cultural industry, the fashion industry, to help us understand not only the performance and function of entrepreneurs and small businesses in this industries, but also potential policy supports. We map the institutions and spaces in Toronto's entrepreneurial ecosystem, drawing on extensive qualitative research to consider the dynamics and interactions therein. In parallel, we advance the concept theoretically, questioning its tenability and applicability in a wider range of economic systems by adding the perspective of cultural and creative industries.
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- Cai, Yuzhuo, et al.
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A framework for analysing the role of innovation policy in regional innovation system development
- 2017
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In: International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development. - : InderScience Publishers. - 1753-0660 .- 1753-0679. ; 7:4, s. 237-256
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper develops a framework for analysing the role of innovation policy in regional innovation system (RIS) development. It specifically focuses on the influence of policy on a set of enabling conditions for RIS that have not been taken fully into account in previous innovation policy studies. Drawing on relevant literature on innovation systems, such as innovation policy, triple helix and policy mix etc., the enabling conditions for RIS development identified include both tangible and intangible dimensions of regional contexts, hinging around a range of wider institutional backdrops. The framework proposed provides an effective analytical tool for innovation policy evaluation and for designing innovation policies.
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- Dubois, Alexandre, et al.
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Innovation och entreprenörskap i norr
- 2020
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In: Periferi som process. - : Svenska Sällskapet för Anthropologi och Geografi. - 0044-0477. - 9789198215069 ; 140, s. 179-198
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Eftring, Håkan, et al.
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Tips for creating inclusive classrooms at LTH
- 2023
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In: LTH:s 12:e Pedagogiska inspirationskonferens. - 2003-3761 .- 2003-377X. ; , s. 45-47
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- All people are different. All teachers are different. All students are different. They have different life situations, different study situations, and different preferences, conditions, and abilities. How can we take this diversity into account when we plan our teaching and exams? What situations should we prepare for? How can we help students focus on their learning and not on unnecessary obstacles we unconsciously introduce? If we make small efforts upfront, this lets us avoid much larger efforts later on when we are confronted with the reality of students in our class and their different needs.At this round table, let us discuss diversity in teaching and learning. During fall 2023, a pilot of the course “The Inclusive Classroom” was run at LTH, the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University. We present the compiled, most important take-aways of participants and instructors, in addition to individual case-studies. In a nutshell: There are a lot of easy things you can do that can already have large effects, and you are not alone: LTH has many resources to support you. Please join a supportive, engaged community and learn from and with us!
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Meet Innovation Systems : Synergies, policy Lessons, and Overlooked Dimensions
- 2020
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This book presents multidisciplinary research that expands our understanding of the innovation system (IS) and the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) perspectives on regional economic development. It critically reviews the two concepts and explores the promise and the limits of bridging IS and EE, particularly as applied outside of the bubbling global hubs or to the types of entrepreneurship different from the high-growth variety.
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- Fil Kristensen, Iryna, 1984-, et al.
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Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through Smart Specialisation
- 2022
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In: Regional studies. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:1, s. 196-208
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper considers the unfolding of Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3) in one of Europe's innovation-leading metropolitan regions: Stockholm, Sweden. Theoretically, it contributes to debates around change agency and reflects more broadly, which implications arise for metropolitan innovation-leader regions and which are of more generic nature. It argues that actor endowments, dense networks, experience with participatory governance processes and good governance are not sufficient for a successful implementation of RIS3. It finds that transformative regional innovation policy is contingent upon the adequate empowerment of change agents rather than on general regional preconditions.
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- Fitzpatrick Burke, Mary Kathleen, et al.
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The engaged university delivering social innovation
- 2024
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In: Journal of Technology Transfer. - : Kluwer Academic Publishers. - 0892-9912 .- 1573-7047.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper examines a programme initiated and managed by an entrepreneurial university in the United Kingdom (UK), aiming to foster the circular water economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our focus is on transitioning from conventional models of the entrepreneurial university to innovative forms of knowledge exchange that prioritise social innovation and sustainable development, as per the “engaged university”. Through an in-depth qualitative study, we find that three interrelated levels of engagement—engaging individuals, engaging organisations and engaging communities—are essential for universities delivering the third mission of societal impact. Employing the established framework developed by Hughes et al. (in: Knowledge exchange between the arts and humanities and the private, public and third sectors, Arts & Humanities Research Council, Cambridge, 2011) to examine university activities, we expose the social innovation underpinning people-based, problem-solving and community-based activities. In the context of the third mission, social innovation involves bringing individuals, organisations and communities together through supporting entrepreneurship, collaboration and mutual learning capacities both within and beyond the university setting. The mechanisms driving university engagement are thus a process of multilevel social innovation, relying on support from individual researchers, project leaders, partner institutions and local end-user communities. Adopting a multilevel perspective allows us to identify the distinct mechanisms of engaged universities, which transcend those of other university models in the realm of social innovation. We argue that the engaged university model extends understanding of how supports for social innovation can connect and create networks to tackle global challenges.
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- Guerrero, Maribel, et al.
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Entrepreneurial universities’ metamorphosis : Encountering technological and emotional disruptions in the COVID-19 ERA
- 2022
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In: Technovation. - : Elsevier BV. - 0166-4972 .- 1879-2383. ; 118
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Entrepreneurial universities (EU) have received much attention over the last few years. Although the well-articulated contributions in the literature, empirical evidence substantiating the EU's disruptive responses in challenging times is scarce (e.g., crises, natural disasters, pandemics, Belic conflicts, or wars). This study theorizes the EU's metamorphosis due to technological/emotional disruptions to respond to evolving COVID-19 stakeholders' needs. We design a two-step qualitative methodological design in twenty well-representative EUs across the globe by adopting a mixed theoretical approach. Our findings shed some light on two relevant insights: (a) how the EU disruptively re-oriented the core activities to respond to the stakeholders' needs during a shake-out event (the COVID-19 pandemic); and (b) how a disruptive shake-out event (the COVID-19 pandemic) re-stimulates an EU structural and identity metamorphosis. A proposed theoretical framework extends previous studies on understanding how the EU's metamorphosis could occur due to an external shake-out event. A provoking discussion and implications for theory, practice, and policymakers emerge from our findings.
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- Kautonen, Mika, et al.
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Transformation of regional innovation policies : from ‘traditional’ to ‘next generation’ models of incubation
- 2017
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In: European Planning Studies. - : Routledge. - 0965-4313 .- 1469-5944. ; 25:4, s. 620-637
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper explores a widely - employed instrument of regional innov a- tion policy: the innovation incubator. It proposes th at incubation approaches are moving away from a “traditional” approach strongly premised of physical infr a- structure and high - technology, to a more interactive, participatory, and social mode of innovation , in line with broader developments in innovation policy and theory . To practically illustrate this shift , we take two cases: a “traditional ” style of incubation in Wales, UK, and a “next generation” incubation programme in Fi n land. This paper reflect s on incub a tors as a mode of regional innovation policy, both past developments and future trends , to ensure that new policies and pr o- gramme s lea rn from best (and indeed , worst ) practice and build on , rather than replicate , past approaches.
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- Kristensen, Iryna Fil, et al.
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Opportunities and challenges in implementing Smart Specialisation in Nordic ‘strong innovator’ regions
- 2023
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In: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:1, s. 129-140
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper we consider the experience of implementing the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) in three regions in Finland, Norway and Denmark. We highlight the challenges each of these ‘strong innovator’ regions has faced in implementing S3. We elucidate the fact that each region faced different challenges when implementing S3. We extend a discussion around place-based policy, which is designed in a regionally bespoke and bottom-up manner, suggesting that this will inherently throw up unique and variable place-based challenges, questioning how to balance this uniqueness of problems with a universally applicable approach and support infrastructure.
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- Lagerman, Julia, 1991-, et al.
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The Convergence of Homonationalism and Urban Entrepreneurialism
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- “Two Cities, One country. For a United Europe open to the world”. This was the motto and headline of EuroPride 2018 in Sweden, held as a joint event in two cities: Stockholm and Gothenburg. The geographical emphasis in this tagline opens up for many questions regarding the spatial role of Pride events and their relation to different scales of governance and experience. In this article, we add to recent investigations of how homonationalist ideology has been implemented through urban entrepreneurial agendas. We explore how the work surrounding Pride festivals and LGBTQ rights more generally has been employed, praised, and problematised in neoliberal city politics and marketing. Based on a case study of EuroPride 2018, held in Stockholm and Gothenburg, we conclude that the homonationalist imaginary of Sweden as a progressive nation-state was used in definitions of the two cities as “gay friendly”, “safe” destinations. We argue that these narratives were instrumentalised as part of how cities are governed economically, showing the regional and local urban entrepreneurial agendas being produced hand in hand with neoliberal LGBTQ politics and homonationalist discourses.
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- Lundmark, Mats, 1957-, et al.
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Economic development and place attractiveness : The case of Karlskoga in Sweden
- 2020
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In: Siirtolaisuus-Migration. - Turku : Migration Institute of Finland. - 0355-3779 .- 1799-6406. ; 46:1, s. 21-29
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this short paper we introduce a research project currently underway exploring the industrial development, and accompanying socio-economic changes, in an industrial town in Sweden: Karlskoga. Here we consider specifically the confluence of factors and issues around economic development on the one hand, and population and migration on the other hand. We illustrate, through the Karlskoga case of a town that has experienced profound ups and downs both in its economic trajectory but also in accompanying population and migration trends, the importance of considering these two elements in harmony. We posit that to undertake sustainable economic development in the future, old industrial towns such as Karlskoga need to centre their efforts around quality of life and place attractiveness, and not only think of industrial development in a narrow sense. This is an introductory work relating to a project which is ongoing.
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- Misra, Debananda, et al.
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Developing non-core regions by establishing new universities
- 2023
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In: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:12, s. 2563-2577
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We explore the regional engagement of universities in non-core regions in a Global South context and uncover how new universities form and institutionalize regional ties. Through case studies of five new universities in India, we identify three routes–personal, organizational and brokered–through which new universities form regional ties, and four logics–incrementalism, social responsibility, legitimation and rationalization–through which these ties become embedded. We unpack and combine each of the routes and logics into a framework that explains how new ties are formed and developed between a new university and its surrounding non-core region.
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- Motte, Damien, et al.
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Bringing the edges to the core
- 2023
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In: LTH:s 12:e Pedagogiska inspirationskonferens. - 2003-3761 .- 2003-377X. ; , s. 48-50
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- When a course is designed, it is common to do it for a typical group of students, considered to represent “the majority”, the “norm” or the “average”. The concept of “edges” challenges this view: given the multiple dimensions that teaching and learning encompass, there will always be students who do not belong to a norm and will end up on an edge if they are not included in the course design. In this paper, we propose to adopt “design to the edges” as a useful teaching tool for making our teaching more inclusive, higher quality, and appropriate for more of our students. We draw on some examples from ours, and our colleagues, pedagogy, to illustrate some practical ways in which “edge” thinking can be incorporated into our teaching.
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- Nordling, Nadja, et al.
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Beyond the 'usual suspects' - Alternative qualitative methods for innovation policy studies
- 2019
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In: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID). - : Routledge. - 2042-1338 .- 2042-1346. ; 11:4, s. 513-522
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper we make three points about the current state and promising future directions of qualitative research in our field of innovation policy research. First, we argue that research design and methods are dealt with quite superficially in most innovation policy studies papers and journals providing little guidance to new scholars as to how to approach their research. Secondly we argue that when methods are discussed, it tends to be a narrow range of qualitative methods that are used - most commonly a case study approach drawing on interviews and document analysis. Thirdly, we suggest broadening our approach to contain more participatory and action-based research; these are suggested as ways to include more groups in the research design, increase the impact of our work and allow us a deeper understanding of the formulation and development of innovation policy as is possible. We do not argue that the old methods should be put aside but that new additional approaches could be considered to capture the essence of innovation policy formulation.
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