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Twenty challenges for innovation studies

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:40 authored by Ben MartinBen Martin
With the field of innovation studies now half a century old, the occasion has been marked by several studies looking back to identify the main advances made over its lifetime. Starting from a list of 20 advances over the field’s history, this discussion paper sets out 20 challenges for coming decades. The intention is to prompt a debate within the innovation studies community on what are, or should be, the key challenges for us to take up, and more generally on what sort of field we aspire to be. It is argued that the empirical focus of our studies has failed to keep pace with the fast changing world and economy, especially the shift from manufacturing to services and the increasingly urgent need for sustainability. Moreover, the very way we conceptualise, define, operationalise and analyse ‘innovation’ seems somewhat rooted in the past, leaving us less able to grapple with other less visible or ‘dark’ forms of innovation.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Science and Public Policy

ISSN

0302-3427

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Issue

3

Volume

43

Page range

432-450

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-06-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-12-06

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