Chapter 1 Why is imitation not innovation?
Benoît Godin
Article Category:
Monograph Chapter
Publication Date:
26 May 2017
Page Range:
17–32
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367229.00009
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Innovation theorists relegate to non-existence a series of concepts outside the semantic field of innovation. Such is the case of imitation. The chapter looks at when, how and why imitation, as an early meaning of innovation, was removed from the discourses on innovation. The chapter suggests that cultural values, disciplinary work, market ideology and semantics are key factors in explaining the neglect of imitation in discourses on innovation, particularly theories.
Cover Critical Studies of Innovation
Critical Studies of Innovation
Editors:
Benoît Godin
and
Dominique Vinck
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 May 2017
Print ISBN:
9781785366963
eISBN:
9781785367229
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367229
Page Count:
c 352
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2017
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