Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

1. Introduction and Overview. 2. Detecting Influential Observations and Outliers. 3. Detecting and Assessing Collinearity. 4. Applications and Remedies. 5. Research Issues and Directions for Extensions. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.

Regression Diagnostics: Identifying Influential Data and Sources of Collinearity

The 2008 crash has left all the established economic doctrines - equilibrium models, real business cycles, disequilibria models - in disarray. Part of the problem is due to Smith’s "veil of ignorance": individuals unknowingly pursue society’s interest and, as a result, have no clue as to the macroeconomic effects of their actions: witness the Keynes and Leontief multipliers, the concept of value added, fiat money, Engel’s law and technical progress, to name but a few of the macrofoundations of microeconomics. A good viewpoint to take bearings anew lies in comparing the post-Great Depression institutions with those emerging from Thatcher and Reagan’s economic policies: deregulation, exogenous vs. endoge- nous money, shadow banking vs. Volcker’s Rule. Very simply, the banks, whose lending determined deposits after Roosevelt, and were a public service became private enterprises whose deposits determine lending. These underlay the great moderation preceding 2006, and the subsequent crash.

The Economic Institutions of Capitalism

This handbook looks to provide academics and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Politics, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, existing disciplines and specializations. Scholars of innovation can come from such diverse starting points that much of this literature can be missed, and so constructive dialogues missed. The editors of The Oxford Handbook of Innovation have carefully selected and designed twenty-one contributions from leading academic experts within their particular field, each focusing on a specific aspect of innovation. These have been organized into four main sections, the first of which looks at the creation of innovations, with particular focus on firms and networks. Section Two provides an account of the wider systematic setting influencing innovation and the role of institutions and organizations in this context. Section Three explores some of the diversity in the working of innovation over time and across different sectors of the economy, and Section Four focuses on the consequences of innovation with respect to economic growth, international competitiveness, and employment. An introductory overview, concluding remarks, and guide to further reading for each chapter, make this handbook a key introduction and vital reference work for researchers, academics, and advanced students of innovation. Contributors to this volume - Jan Fagerberg, University of Oslo William Lazonick, INSEAD Walter W. Powell, Stanford University Keith Pavitt, SPRU Alice Lam, Brunel University Keith Smith, INTECH Charles Edquist, Linkoping David Mowery, University of California, Berkeley Mary O'Sullivan, INSEAD Ove Granstrand, Chalmers Bjorn Asheim, University of Lund Rajneesh Narula, Copenhagen Business School Antonello Zanfei, Urbino Kristine Bruland, University of Oslo Franco Malerba, University of Bocconi Nick Von Tunzelmann, SPRU Ian Miles, University of Manchester Bronwyn Hall, University of California, Berkeley Bart Verspagen , ECIS Francisco Louca, ISEG Manuel M. Godinho, ISEG Richard R. Nelson, Mario Pianta, Urbino Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Sustainable transformational entrepreneurship at Arouca UNESCO geopark, Portugal

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze from a multiple helix approach, the relationships between industry, government, business, society and the natural environment in the Great Barrier Reef region of Australia. The main findings suggest that innovation systems are important in sustaining World Heritage Areas such as the Great Barrier Reef. As the world’s largest marine park the results highlight the influence of university-industry-business on the regional development and innovation of the area. The chapter has implications for practice in terms of highlighting the importance of sustainable entrepreneurship approaches and theoretical implications for the design of research linking multiple helix approaches to the natural environment. Suggestions for future research linking regional innovation policies to the natural environment and sustainability are stated.

Multiple Helix Approaches to Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation: A Case Study of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Diversity and Entrepreneurship

Empowering the Batak Toba Home Industry in North Sumatera: A Descriptive Study of Artisan Entrepreneurship

There is an omission in the current literature on social entrepreneurship in sport compared to other areas of entrepreneurship research. The rationale for this chapter about social entrepreneurship in sport is twofold: first, it is suggested that there is a need to analyze more the role of social entrepreneurship in sport and how it is shaping the future of the industry; second, it is argued that there is a need to study more the impact of social entrepreneurship in sport. The absence of literature on social entrepreneurship in sport is unusual as there has been an increased practical use of it in the industry. The existing literature can be enhanced by a more explicit and theoretically informed understanding of social entrepreneurship in sport and its significance in the sport industry. In most aspects of the sport industry, entrepreneurship is an outcome and influences power relations but there is also an emphasis on social issues. A distinctive feature of social entrepreneurship in sport is the extent to which innovation is both a resource and a source of identity.

Vanessa Ratten

Papers

Sustainable transformational entrepreneurship at Arouca UNESCO geopark, Portugal

Multiple Helix Approaches to Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation: A Case Study of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Diversity and Entrepreneurship

Empowering the Batak Toba Home Industry in North Sumatera: A Descriptive Study of Artisan Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship in Sport