Key issues on innovation, culture and institutions: implications for SMEs and micro firms

被引:15
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作者
Fernandez-Esquinas, Manuel [1 ]
van Oostrom, Madelon [2 ,3 ]
Pinto, Hugo [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] CSIC, Inst Adv Social Studies, Campo Santo de los Martires 7, Cordoba 14004, Spain
[2] Hanze Univ Appl Sci, Inst Commun Media & IT, Groningen, Netherlands
[3] Tenerife Sci & Technol Pk, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
[4] Univ Coimbra, Ctr Social Studies, Coimbra, Portugal
[5] Univ Algarve, Fac Econ, Faro, Portugal
关键词
Innovation; culture; values; SMEs; micro firms; SECTOR;
D O I
10.1080/09654313.2017.1364770
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This Special Issue is devoted to studying the role of cultural aspects in the innovation dynamics of small firms within the context of their territorial environments. Cultural elements are viewed as strategic assets because of their capacity to enhance small firms' action and to provide opportunities to compete in the knowledge economy. Innovation studies use a variety of approaches and definitions for studying how the symbolic aspects of social reality shape innovation. In this Guest Editorial, our aim is to help clarify this topic of research. Departing from the contributions of this Special Issue, we use analytical definitions of values, norms, cognitive repertoires and institutions as layers of the cultural domain that can be present both in firms and in the surrounding innovation system. We describe important mechanisms related to innovation processes in SMEs and micro firms. The 10 selected articles provide an intellectual map of current research and investigate different angles of cultural dynamics based on cases in Spain, Portugal, Belarus and the U.K. Based on the findings from these articles, we believe that cultural elements can be integrated and recombined by innovation policies as an essential component of local and regional development.
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页码:1897 / 1907
页数:11
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