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Non-technological innovation research: evaluating the intellectual structure and prospects of an emerging field

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  • Černe, Matej
  • Kaše, Robert
  • Škerlavaj, Miha

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This paper is aimed at enhancing our understanding of theoretical origins, intellectual structure and outlook of non-technological innovation research with the purpose of facilitating further development of an emerging research field. We perform a co-citation analysis of 482 articles addressing non-technological innovation published since 1975 and examine more than 11,000 sources that they drew on to identify key areas of research within the literature. By using a co-citation tie between articles as the unit of analysis, we dynamically trace and visualize the evolution of the intellectual structure of the non-technological innovation research. Based on our findings, we conclude that the prospects for further development of the (emerging) field lie in: (1) bridging the creativity and innovation literatures at the individual level and addressing employee-based non-technological innovations; (2) strengthening the microfoundations and a multi-level (bottom-up) approach; (3) identifying potential avenues for positioning non-technological innovation vis-a-vis the innovation management field and further building connections and; (4) consolidating the relationship between management innovation as the dominant stream of research and non-technological innovation as the umbrella concept.

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  • Černe, Matej & Kaše, Robert & Škerlavaj, Miha, 2016. "Non-technological innovation research: evaluating the intellectual structure and prospects of an emerging field," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 69-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:32:y:2016:i:2:p:69-85
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2016.02.001
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