THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN INNOVATION PART I: THE ART OF INTERESSEMENT

Madeleine Akrich, Michel Callon (), Bruno Latour and Adrian Monaghan ()
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Madeleine Akrich: Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, 60 Boulevard Saint-Michel, Ecole des Mines de Paris, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France
Michel Callon: Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, 60 Boulevard Saint-Michel, Ecole des Mines de Paris, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France
Bruno Latour: Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, 60 Boulevard Saint-Michel, Ecole des Mines de Paris, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France
Adrian Monaghan: School of Business and Management, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex,UB8 3PH, UK

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2002, vol. 06, issue 02, 187-206

Abstract: We all know of innovations which either made their creators a fortune or which led to their downfall. It is easy to retrospectively explain success as a stroke of genius or failure as a blatant mistake. Easy in retrospect…but what about innovation in the making? How does the innovator navigate the pitfalls which threaten him?

Keywords: Innovation; actor-network theory; socio-technical analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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