Perspectives on Innovation in Organizations

This paper maps out the literature on innovation in organizations in terms of three theoretical perspectives. These are referred to as the individualist perspective, the structuralist perspective, and the interactive process perspective. The perspectives provide the reader with a framework both for organizing this voluminous literature, and for understanding the key theoretical and methodological differences that are evident within this field.

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