The Contrary Forces of Innovation

1. Front Matter

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2. Part I

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   2. Understanding Innovation As Process

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      Pages 3-37

   3. Constructing Ethnography

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      Pages 38-53

3. Part II

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introducing the Case Study

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      Pages 57-93

   3. Fermenting Fish: Innovation in Practice

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      Pages 94-218

4. Part III

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   2. An Analytic Scheme of Innovation Processes

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   3. The Contrary Forces of Innovation

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   4. Conclusion

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5. Back Matter

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The complexity and tensions of industrial innovation processes are fleshed out through the analysis of an intriguing case study from the food industry. Drawing together insights from multiple disciplines, this book shows the controversial nature of innovation processes.

• complexity
• ethnography
• innovation

• BI Norwegian School of Management, Norway

  Thomas Hoholm

THOMAS HOHOLM'S research focuses on processes of innovation, learning and knowledge within and across organizations. He has published ethnographic studies of innovation in the food industry, in healthcare, and in education. He is currently a Postdoctor at BI Norwegian School of Management, and has previously been a visiting researcher at Lancaster University, UK

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