A new direction for innovation studies? Reconciling the ordinary and the extraordinary

摘要

Among scholars with an interest in the many faceted and constantly shifting subject of innovation, the work of Peter Swann, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham has always attracted much comment. Common Innovation is his latest and certainly most personal contribution to the field. Its core concept is remarkably simple: Common innovation is carried out by the 'common man and woman' for their own benefit. (p. 3)