 | XIMB Fellow Programme in Management (Doctoral Level) |
| FPM Scholars [Tarun Patnaik] | About Innovation Management Innovation is a topic of continuing interest in management. Research on innovation has traversed many conceptual terrains, from viewing innovativeness as a property of some individuals or nations, to studying the innovative capacity of firms, to viewing innovation as a product of the interaction among a set of actors. Within the methodological plurality of innovation research, the innovation systems perspective is of contemporary interest. Studies of innovation using this perspective use a large conceptual repertoire drawn from various fields, such as sociology of knowledge, social network analysis, actor-network theory, multi-agent systems perspective, complexity and self-organisation theory, and industrial economics, among others. Research in this area aims to enhance the potential for innovation in multiple domains. Insights into the process of innovation and its implications for social and institutional development could be studied. Applicants can choose to focus on the specific domains of their interest. Resources Books Barabasi, A. (2002). Linked: The New Science of Networks, Perseus Books. (See http://www.nd.edu/~networks/Linked/index.html) Crane, D. (1972). Invisible Colleges: Diffusion of Knowledge in Scientific Communities, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Douthwaite, B. (2002). Enabling Innovation. London: Zed Books. Frenken, K. (2005, forthcoming). Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. Hall, A. J., Yoganand, B., Sulaiman, R. V., Raina, R. S., Shambu Prasad, C., Naik, G. C., & Clark, N. G. (2004). Overview. In A. Hall, et al. (Eds). Innovations in innovation: reflections on partnership, institutions and learning. Crop-Post Harvest Programme, South Asia, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, and the National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research. http://www.cphpsouthasia.com/iii.htm Jones, O., Conway, S., & Steward, F. (Eds) (2001). Social Interaction and Organisational Change, World Scientific Publishing, xxx. http://www.worldscientific.com/books/business/p177.html Van de Ven, A. H., Angle, H. L., & Poole, M. S. (Eds) (2000). Research on the Management of Innovation: The Minnesota Studies, Oxford University Press, Oxford. http://www.pdma.org/bookstore/books/minnesotastudies_review.html Articles Barnett, A. (2004). From 'Research' to Poverty Reducing 'Innovation': A Policy Brief from SRA Ltd. Sussex Research Associates, Crop Post-Harvest Programme. http://www.cphp.uk.com/uploads/disseminations/NSIPolicyBriefbrochure23feb04.pdf Frenken, K. (2000). A complexity approach to innovation networks: The case of the aircraft industry (1909–1997). Research Policy, 29(2), 257-272. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/00487333 Jones, O., Conway, S., & Steward, F. (1999). Social interaction and organisational change: An analytical review of innovation networks. Aston Business School Research Paper RP9934, Aston Business School Research Paper, Birmingham. http://research.abs.aston.ac.uk/working_papers/9934.PDF Manley, K. (2003). Frameworks for understanding interactive innovation processes. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 4(1), 25-36. http://www.construction-innovation.info/articles.php?rc=54 Web Sites Actor-Network Theory http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/act_net.html Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics http://www.druid.dk/ Multi-agent Systems http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/multi.html Sociology of Science http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/sociology-of-science.html Expected Profile Applicants in this research area should have a keen interest in studying technical and social innovations from a multi-disciplinary standpoint. Basic familiarity with the literature of innovation studies will be expected. The candidate should have a good understanding of the problems involved in studying innovation (especially the problems relating to the different 'levels of analysis' possible). The candidate should be willing to read and synthesize literature from diverse areas such as systems science, economics, sociology, organisation science, behavioural science, etc. Excellent writing skills in academic English will be essential. |
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